George Theis Conquering Testimony for Jesus Christ G eorge Theis has impacted the world through his ministry at George had the op portunity of influencing thousands of people for Christ.
Florida; their son Steve and his wife, Marissol, reside in Recife, Brazil, directing the ministry that his dad began; their last, daughter Sherri is married to Alejandro Belmer, the director of WOL Spain. These three families combined have provided their parents with nine lively grand children. Countless numbers of people have been affect ed through the faithful ness of George Theis. Exhorting powerful ser mons, inciting students with his classroom wis dom, and broadcasting- many messages over the world through the Word of Life Radio Ministry J have been just a few of the many ways Mr. Theis has touched individual lives through his own. This is George Theis’s last year as Executive Di rector. Although he may be retiring from Word of Life, undoubtedly he will continue to touch lives and serve the Lord faith fully in other areas.
In 1983, the Theis fami ly returned to the home / •••• • • .. office at Schroon Lake, New York, where Mr. Theis served as co director and, in 1991, he became the executive di rector of Word of Life Fel1owship Internation al. Word of Life now ministers in 46 locations around the wor1d through various camps, conference centers, Bi ble clubs, Bible Institu tes, high school evange listic campaigns, musical dramas, singing teams, OAE, and radio broad casts. Mr. Theis is a strong Bible preacher and enjoys communicat ing the Gospel. Mr. and Mrs. Theis have been blessed by all three of their children being involved in the Word of Life ministry. Their daughter Linda is mar ried to Keight Balsley, Director of Ministries at the Bible Institute in
Word of Life for over 40 years. He was saved when lie was seventeen years old on Word of Life Island at a campfire service. After graduating from Bible college and seminary, George mar ried Joan Robinson, and together they started the first Word of Life Bible Club in Lakeland, Flor ida, in 1959. Realizing the great need of youth around the wor1d, George and Joan joined the Word of Life team in Brazil in 1963. In 1973, they established the thriving youth work of Palavra da Vicla (Word of Life) in tropical Reci fe, a city with a popula tion of three million peo ple. Today a permanent staff of twentv-three ad- J ministers a youth camp, school meetings, Bible Institute, evangelistic campaigns, Bible clubs, and OAE. During his twenty years in Brazil,
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