D. A. Waite

Donald A. (D. A.) Waite is pastor of Bible For Today, an Independent Baptist Church in Collingswood, New Jersey, a leading spokesman for the authority of the King James Version of the Bible, and author of numerous books explaining this position. He earned a B.A. in classical Greek and Latin from the University of Michigan in 1948, a Th.M. in New Testament Greek Literature and Exegesis from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1952, an M.A. in Speech from Southern Methodist University in 1953, a Th.D. in Bible Exposition from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1955, and a Ph.D. in Speech from Purdue University in 1961.

Waite airs the church services, featuring expository preaching, on his web site and posts them to SermonAudio.com. In addition to the church services, the ministry also has a fifteen-minute program "Just For Women" by Waite's wife Yvonne, and has begun posting sermons by Baptist pastor Joshua Wallnofer of Klondike Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida.

Waite is the direct successor of David Otis Fuller's teachings and continues to promote this basic approach to KJV defense. Fuller draws heavily on the teachings of Benjamin G. Wilkinson as well as Dean Burgon. He is also the head of the Dean Burgon Society, which is closely linked to the Bible For Today ministry.

Waite and BJU

Waite's son, D. A. Waite, Jr., is a graduate of Bob Jones University.

Waite, Sr has recently begun expressing his views about how BJU does not uphold the King James Only position, and does not subscribe to his views on the textual history of the Bible. See, for example, an [http://www.biblefortoday.org/Articles/open_letter.htm open letter] to the school's president. Waite also authored "BJU's Errors on Bible Preservation".

Publications

Waite both writes original material, and republishes hard-to-find, out-of-print material, especially from the 19th century figure Dean Burgon.

Notable publications:

* "The Four-Fold Superiority of The King James Version" is a presentation of his basic position, [http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/superiority.htm also available online] .

*"Defined King James Bible" was produced by Waite's ministry to aid modern English speakers understand the text. (This Bible is similar to Liberty University's "The King James Study Bible" from 1988, which has center-column definitions of difficult words, but Waite's Bible does not include general study notes.)

References

External links

* [http://www.biblefortoday.org Bible For Today] website
* [http://www.deanburgonsociety.org Dean Burgon society] headed by Waite.
* [http://www.biblebelievers.net/Calvinism/kjcalvn4.htm Calvin's Error of Limited Atonement]
* [http://www.courierpostonline.com/columnists/cxmu090404a.htm "At home at church: Baptist pastor preaches from his living room and over the Web"] , "Courier Post" (Cherry Hill, New Jersey), September 4, 2004