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OUR PRESIDENT & FOUNDER
DANIEL WHYTE III
Daniel Whyte III has spoken in meetings across the United States and in twenty-three
foreign countries. He is the author of ten books. He is the President of Torch Ministries
International, which publishes a magazine called The Torch Leader. He is also
the chairman of the National Association to Save Young Black Men. He holds a Bachelor's
Degree in Theology from Bethany Divinity College and is currently pursuing a Master's
Degree. He is married to the former Meriqua Althea Dixon, of Christiana, Jamaica.
God has blessed their union with seven children.
His Personal Testimony:
Evangelist Daniel Whyte III was born into a very religious family. He was brought
up in the church, and on occasions he took part in the church activities. As Daniel
got older, he adopted a life of fast living, drinking, rock music, and partying. While
he increased in his life of sin and degradation, he developed a deep hatred for religion
and preachers, including his own father. His hatred grew to the point that he had
vowed to many of his close friends that he would never be a preacher.
At the tender age of seventeen, Daniel left home and started working as a trainer
for a restaurant chain across the states of North Carolina and northern South Carolina.
During this time, his life of wickedness and rebellion intensified. Daniel Whyte was
on the broad road to a devil's hell. But by the gracious providence of God, he was
led to sign up to join the United States Air Force. He signed up on August 15, 1979,
just a month before he turned nineteen years old.
At that time, Daniel Whyte did not know what was happening in his life, for he planned
to continue in his sin. But after three and a half months of the Lord dealing with
his hard heart, one cool Wednesday evening, around 8:30 PM, December 19, 1979, a young
man, by the name of Michael Lewis, came to his dorm room and showed him the "Romans
Road" to salvation from the book of Romans in the Bible. Sad, but true, this was the
first time Daniel Whyte had heard a clear, understandable presentation of the Gospel,
even though he was raised in the church.
On that memorable night, December 19, 1979, Daniel Whyte received the Lord Jesus Christ
into his heart, and was marvelously Born-again. Three days later, he was on the street
corners of New Orleans in the rain and cold, preaching the glorious Gospel that had
just saved him, and he hasn't stopped since. He has gone on to travel and preach in
43 states and in the following countries: Germany, Spain, England, Belgium, France,
Italy, Japan, Russia, Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Antigua, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, Ghana,
Nigeria, the Philippines, Mexico, Netherlands, Korea, Malta, Togo, and Benin. Through
his ministry, there have been thousands of professions of faith. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
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