Guest speaker this Sunday at Bethel Baptist Church in Moody is Jimmy DeYoung, who will speak at the 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. morning worship hours as well as the 6 p.m. evening worship hour.DeYoung resided in Jerusalem for 12 years, where he held full credentials as a journalist in the second most populated journalistic city in the world. Arriving there just three days prior to the Gulf Crisis in 1991, he weathered 39 Scud attacks. DeYoung gave reports nationwide on several networks during the Gulf Crisis. He has his finger on the pulse of what is considered the media “hot spot” of our time — the Middle East. On his travels throughout the United States and around the world, DeYoung brings with him the latest news from out of the Middle East with a unique blend of political, biblical and prophetic insight that cannot be found in the media today.
After graduating from Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, DeYoung joined with Jack Wyrtzen and Harry Bollback at Word of Life Fellowship in Schroon Lake, NY. There he spent the next 12 years in many staff positions, including staff evangelist, host of Word of Life Inn and producer of radio programs heard worldwide.
For the next five years DeYoung was the vice-president and general manager of New York City’s first Christian radio station, WNYM. During his time at the station, DeYoung was the producer and host of a daily talk program in the #1 media market in America.
In announcing DeYoung’s upcoming talk, Bethel Baptist Church pastor Chris Burns said Christians are a people of faith, which gives us hope when we understand the truth imbedded in Scripture.
“It is critical for every church to be aware of the days that we live in and the evil of those days,” Burns said. “Also it is important that we understand what the Bible has to say about our future. We are having Dr. DeYoung so we can see the scriptures come alive and show us our future. This will give Bethel the opportunity to have the best teachers available to help us understand what the Bible says about not only what God has done but what God is going to do for us. We are to be as wise as serpents, and our wisdom comes from the knowledge of what the scripture says and how we are to respond to it.”
Upon first arriving in Israel, moved by the plight of the Israeli people and by the spirit of God, DeYoung founded the Assembly at Jerusalem, a Bible-preaching church that meets in the holy city. Today, DeYoung travels the world proclaiming the good news of Christ’s gift of eternal life and soon coming return for His church, by means of media, radio, television, books and the Internet, as well as by preaching in churches and assemblies across the globe.
Jimmy has met and interviewed many international leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israeli former Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, former Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Moshe Arens, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
DeYoung is seen on the Day of Discovery television program, which is produced in the Middle East.
He is also heard daily and weekly on radio and Internet, with the latest reports from the Middle East on several networks consisting of over 800 stations.
DeYoung is a noted conference speaker in the United States, Europe and South America, and he devotes several months out of each year to this conference schedule. He has authored the best selling book, “Sound The Trumpets”, produced a number of audio and video materials, including his best seller, “Ready To Rebuild” — a documentary on the building of the Third Temple. DeYoung continues to monitor the most current events as they unfold in the Middle East and compares these current events to the prophetic truth of God’s Word.
He received his doctorate from Tennessee Temple University in May 1996. He also received a Ph.D. from Louisiana Baptist University in May 2000.
