Doug Batchelor

Doug Batchelor
Born	Douglas Batchelor March 9, 1957
Spouse	Karen Batchelor
Children	Cheri, Rachel, Micah, Daniel, Stephen, Nathan
Parents	George Batchelor, Ruth Batchelor
Church	Seventh-day Adventist
Congregations served	Sacramento Seventh-day Adventist Church
Offices held	President/Speaker Amazing Facts
Title	Pastor
Website
dougbatchelor.com

Doug Batchelor (born March 9, 1957) is an evangelist of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and author of several books including The Richest Caveman. His primary ministry is Amazing Facts - a worldwide television and radio broadcast ministry based in Sacramento, California. He also pastors the Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. Batchelor is the son of the Florida aviation tycoon and philanthropist George Batchelor and the Hollywood film critic, actress and songwriter Ruth Batchelor.^[1][2] He spent his youth searching for the purpose of life, and, while living in a cave in southern California, he found a Bible that ultimately changed his life^{[citation needed]}.

Media ministry

Doug Batchelor is the speaker of the weekly TV program Amazing Facts Presents which can be seen weekly on national cable networks. He is also the speaker on Bible Answers Live a one-hour paid radio program heard over 100 radio stations across the United States and on satellite radio around the world.

As a pastor, Batchelor can also be seen when speaking at the Sacramento Seventh-day Adventist Church which is aired as Central Study Hour and Everlasting Gospel on TV locally and by satellite on 3ABN and Hope Channel.

Batchelor has appearances on many documentaries including God on My Side, National Geographic's Secrets of Revelation and other shows on the Discovery Channel. ^[3][4][5]

Family

Batchelor is married to Karen Batchelor and has five living children. His hobbies include guitar, scuba diving, racquetball and flying.

Bibliography

Doug Batchelor is the author of many books:

• The Richest Caveman: The Doug Batchelor Story^[6][7]
• To See the King^[8]
• How to Survive and Thrive in Church^[9]
• At Jesus' Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene^[10]
• The Armor Of God
• The Christian And Alcohol
• The Name of God
• The Sign of Jonah
• The Ultimate Resource
• Understanding Tongues
• Who is Michael the Archangel?
• God's role for Women in Ministry
• Anything But Secret
• Assurance: Justification Made Simple
• Compromise Conformity and Courage
• Determining The Will of God
• Teach Us To Pray
• Spiritual Israel (coauthored with Steve Wohlberg)

His books are available for purchase at the Amazing Facts Store Online.

See also

• Amazing Facts
• Seventh-day Adventist Church

References

1. ^ Published July 31 2002, George Batchelor obituary, Accessed 2008-09-26
2. ^ The New York Times, July 29, 1992, Ruth Batchelor Obituary, Accessed 2008-09-26
3. ^ Review: God on My Side - Andrew Denton". Signs of the Times website (Australian version), November 2006
4. ^ Doug Batchelor on National Geographic
5. ^ Amazing Facts On The Discovery Channel
6. ^ Batchelor, Doug (1990). The Doug Batchelor Story : From Caveman to Christian. Nampa, ID: Pacific Press Publishing Association. p. 128. ISBN 0816308764. 
7. ^ Batchelor, Doug (1991). The Richest Caveman - The Doug Batchelor Story. Sacramento, CA: Mountain Ministry. p. 128. ISBN 0816308764. 
8. ^ Batchelor, Doug (1991). To See the King. Sacramento, CA: Mountain Ministry. p. 94. 
9. ^ Batchelor, Doug (1998). How to Survive and Thrive in Church. 
10. ^ Batchelor, Doug (December 2000). At Jesus' Feet - The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association. p. 186. ISBN 0828015910. 

External links

• Amazing Facts Official Website
• Amazing Facts Tv
• Information about Doug Batchelor
• The Richest Caveman Video/Audio at Prophecy Code available in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish.
• Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist Church website
• Listen to Doug Batchelor sermons in streaming audio

Preceded by Joe Crews

Amazing Facts Speaker/President Doug Batchelor 1994 - present

Succeeded by Current

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