Voice of Prophecy
Religious/Non-Profit | |
Founded | October 19, 1929 |
Founder | H.M.S. Richards, Sr. |
Headquarters | Loveland, Colorado, USA |
Area served
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North America, Guam, Micronesia, Puerto Rico |
Key people
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Shawn Boonstra (Speaker/Director) |
Website | www.vop.com |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Voice Of Prophecy is a long-running Seventh-day Adventist religious radio broadcast founded in 1929 by H.M.S. Richards, Sr.. Initially aired on a single radio station in Los Angeles it has since grown to numerous stations throughout the United States and Canada . It was one of the first religious programs in the United States to broadcast nationally.
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History
H.M.S. Richards, Sr. began a regular radio program on October 19, 1929 on KNX (AM) in Los Angeles.[1][2][3][4]
Richards earliest studio was his South Gate Tabernacle near Long Beach, where he was presenting nightly evangelistic meetings. His office was a renovated chicken coup in Walnut Park, California. Seventh-day Adventist Church members donated their old eyeglasses and gave teeth with gold fillings and jewelry and watches to help buy the first radio time on Long Beach station KGER.[5]
Later Richards presented daily live broadcasts of The Tabernacle of the Air over KGER in Long Beach, California, and live weekly remote broadcasts from his tabernacle to KMPC (AM) in Beverly Hills.[1][6]
In January 1937 the broadcast footprint expanded over a network of several stations of the Don Lee Broadcasting System, and the name of the broadcast was changed to the Voice of Prophecy.[4] The first Voice of Prophecy coast-to-coast broadcast was over 89 stations of the Mutual Broadcasting System on Sunday, January 4, 1942.[1][2][4] It was one of the first religious programs to broadcast nationally.[7]
Up until the early 1950s broadcasts were produced live. Mispronounced names and singer mistakes went out unedited to the listeners. By 1980, Richards had a $6 million budget. The Voice of Prophecy broadcast each Sunday to 700 stations around the world.[6]
Throughout the years Voice of Prophecy broadcasts were marked by an opening theme song of "Lift Up the Trumpet" performed by the King's Heralds quartet and closed with Richard's poem "Have Faith in God" each week having a new verse written.
Speakers
H.M.S. Richards, Sr. was speaker from 1929 to 1969. In 1969, Richards' son, H.M.S. Richards, Jr., succeeded him and was speaker from 1969 to 1992. He was followed by Pastor Lonnie Melashenko and Connie Jeffery (daughter of It Is Written founder George Vandeman), then by Fred Kinsey. The current speaker is Shawn Boonstra.
Preceded by
founder
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Founder/Speaker/Director H.M.S. Richards, Sr. October 19, 1929 - 1969 |
Succeeded by H.M.S. Richards, Jr. |
Preceded by
H.M.S. Richards, Sr.
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Speaker/Director H.M.S. Richards, Jr. 1969 - 1992 |
Succeeded by Lonnie Melashenko |
Preceded by
H.M.S. Richards, Jr.
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Speaker/Director Lonnie Melashenko January 1993 - July 2008 |
Succeeded by Fred Kinsey |
Preceded by
Lonnie Melashanko
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Speaker/Director Fred Kinsey September 2008 - April 2012 |
Succeeded by Shawn Boonstra |
Musicians
Various musicians perform on the broadcast. Female vocalist Del Delker began as a regular on the program since 1947. The male quartet King's Heralds also performed weekly on the program from 1936 until 1982. Wayne Hooper served as musical director until his retirement in 1980.[8]
Voice of Prophecy Bible School
A key program of Voice of Prophecy is the Discover Bible School. Introduced on February 1, 1942 as The Bible School of the Air, it was one of the first correspondence Bible schools in North America.[9]
Known today as the Discover Bible School it offers free Bible guides by mail[10] or online[11] and has affiliate schools in over 120 countries with lessons in over 80 languages and dialects.[12]
See also
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
- 28 fundamental beliefs
- Questions on Doctrine
- Biblical Research Institute
- History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
- List of Seventh-day Adventist medical schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
- List of religions and religious denominations#Adventist and related churches
- List of Christian denominations#Millerites and comparable groups
References
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External links
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- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- Christian eschatology
- History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Ellen G. White
- Christianity in the United States
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- Independent ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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