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PROMISE FOR THE FUTUREPast Presidents
Look to the FutureLifeway Christian Resources has had nine presidents since its founding in 1891. Striking a balance between leading in the present and pressing forward to the future with confidence, each president was keenly aware of God’s favor in the past and belief that greater things were yet to come.James M. Frost
1891 – 1893 and 1896 – 1916
Read MoreTheodore P. Bell
1893 – 1896
Read MoreIsaac J. Van Ness
1917 – 1935
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1891 – 1893 and 1896 – 1916
“We are working at the very base of things, laying the foundations in minds and hearts of forces that shall be an immense power in future years.” Theodore P. Bell
1893 – 1896
“If God but continues to smile upon and guide us, and our brethren continue to lend us their kindly favor, we shall be enabled to do a great work for God and for churches.” Isaac J. Van Ness
1917 – 1935
“We have a great people and great possibilities. It will do us good to look at them and go forward.”Thomas Luther Holcomb
1935 – 1953
Read MoreJames L. Sullivan
1953 – 1975
Read MoreGrady C. Cothen
1975 – 1984
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1935 – 1953
“The world is going through a destiny-determining period. We desperately need and earnestly desire the leadership and power of the Holy Spirit.” James L. Sullivan
1953 – 1975
“Without His revealed wisdom and His Spirit's power, our efforts would have been in vain and produced nothing.” Grady C. Cothen
1975 – 1984
“We set our hands gladly, joyfully, and without reservation to the task of helping the churches bring a spiritually impoverished world to know what God can do.”Prentice Lloyd Elder
1984 – 1991
Read MoreJames T. Draper Jr.
1991 – 2006
Read MoreThom S. Rainer
2006 – 2019
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1984 – 1991
“One thing the Lord wants us to do is stay in His service. So, we walk by faith and tilt toward the future.” James T. Draper Jr.
1991 – 2006
“My deepest desire is that for generations to come we are being used by God to reach the people of the world with the gospel.” Thom S. Rainer
2006 – 2019
“We can enter this new era with boldness and courage, knowing that our strength is not our own, and that a future in the hands and total dependence on Jesus Christ will be a success by any definition.”Ben Mandrell
2019 – Present
Read More Ben Mandrell
2019 - Present
“We want to celebrate the gospel of Jesus that has transformed our lives. As long as we keep that the main thing and create resources where people in every part of the world can experience the gospel, we’ll never be without work to do.”
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