Telling the Truth Fact Sheet

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Stuart and Jill serve as ministers-at-large for Elmbrook Church, 777 S. Barker Road, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Stuart formerly served as senior pastor at Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin for 30 years. It is the largest church in the state of Wisconsin - 7,000 regular attendees
Stuart and Jill are highly sought after speakers and teachers who travel around the globe
Pete serves as senior pastor for Bent Tree Bible Fellowship, a megachurch in suburban Dallas, Texas
Telling the Truth is a daily radio and internet Bible teaching broadcast outreach

Born 1930 in Millom, Cumbria, England Born into a Christian home, began preaching at age 17 Met wife Jill at Capernwray Hall in England at youth conference. They married in 1958. Left careers in banking and teaching to enter full-time ministry in 1959. Moved to U.S. in 1970 at invitation of Elmbrook Church to become senior pastor. Church had 300 members
Stepped down as senior pastor of Elmbrook Church in 2000 and returned to global outreach as Elmbrook’s ministers-at-large
Has preached in more than 100 countries
Authored over 50 books, including his life memoirs Flowing Streams (August 2008, Zondervan)

Born in Liverpool, England in 1935
Graduate of Merchant Taylors’ School and Hemerton College, Cambridge in 1955
Taught in Liverpool upon graduation and initiated an outreach ministry to youth of the city
Authored more than 40 books, including Bible study guides, devotionals, poetry, and children’s books
Served on the Board of Directors for World Relief and Christianity Today for over 20 years
Executive Editor of Just Between Us, a magazine for ministry wives and women in church leadership
Sought after speaker and author who ministers with Stuart at conferences, conventions and retreats worldwide

Born in 1963 in Kendall, North England
Graduated with degree in Speech Communications and minors in Bible and Political Science from Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Served as Junior High Pastor at Elmbrook Church from 1985-89
Graduated with Masters of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois
Senior Pastor of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship since 1992. Church has grown from 400 in 1992 to 4,000 today and recently completed $28 million facility expansion
Joined Telling the Truth radio broadcast with his parents as a permanent third voice in 2005. Began hosting the daily program in 2007
Married to wife Libby. Three children, Cameron, Annika and Liam

Stuart and Jill have preached in over 100 countries
In 2007 they traveled to Romania, China, India, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, England, Austria, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Scotland, Congo, Germany, Ireland, Thailand and other restricted-access countries

Begun in 1971 as a simple tape ministry of their teaching in their home basement
Listener-supported daily half-hour Bible teaching broadcast
Dozens of radio outlets throughout the United States including Chicago (metropolitan population age 12+ of 7.8 million), Dallas (5 million), Detroit (3.9 million), Seattle (3.3 million), and Milwaukee among others
Broadcast daily overseas in London (metro population 14 million) and Seoul (20+ million)
The program also releases a one-minute format – Timely Truths – heard on nearly 300 radio outlets
Daily program can also be accessed via free streaming audio, MP3 download and podcasting
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