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| VICTOR KNOWLES is a 1968 graduate of Midwestern School of Evangelism. For 25 years he and his wife Evelyn ministered to churches in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. In 1992 they founded POEM (Peace on Earth Ministries) in Joplin, Missouri. Victor serves as President of POEM. Knowles has authored 20 books including Angels & Demons, Voice of Thunder - Heart of Tears (the biography of Archie Word), Taking a Stand, and The Biblical Roots of Islam. His latest book is Together in Christ - More Than a Dream. He is a contributing writer to The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Several hundred of his articles and essays have been published in more than 40 journals including Pulpit Helps, Moody, and Christian Standard. He is a special assignment writer for The Lookout. Since 1984 Victor has edited One Body, a quarterly magazine dedicated to Christian unity, founded by the late Don DeWelt. Before becoming editor of One Body, he edited Vanguard for 11 years. In 1992 Victor and Evelyn began publishing The Knowlesletter, a monthly newsletter reporting on the national and international work of POEM. He produces a daily Bible study on POEM's Website called “Honey from the Rock.” Victor has spoken for the Pepperdine University Bible Lectures, International Soul Winning Workshop, North American Christian Convention, National Missionary Convention, National Prayer Clinic, National Preaching Summit, and several Bible conferences, college lectureships, and family camps. He has preached throughout the United States and in Australia, Belarus, Canada, Cuba, England, India, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Poland (6X), Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. The unity of God's people is always on his heart. He has been a participant in the Restoration Forum for many years. In 2004, Howard Publishing Company presented Victor and Evelyn with their “Spiritual Development Award” at Pepperdine University for their “continual efforts to uphold the unity of believers as prayed for by Jesus.” Historian and author Dr. Leroy Garrett said, “I appreciate you both for your passion for Christian unity and your compassion for suffering humanity.” (POEM partners with fellow ministries in evangelistic and benevolent work in Cuba, Belarus, India, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.) On his office door is a quote from C. S. Lewis: “All that is not eternal is eternally useless.” His heroes (besides his parents, Dale V. and “Dearie” Knowles) are The Lone Ranger, Stan “The Man” Musial, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sir Winston Churchill, Richard Wurmbrand, Ivan Prokhanov, James Deforest Murch, and Donald G. Hunt. Victor and Evelyn have six children and 10 grandchildren. Their residence is a vintage 1930s house (“with lots of character”) in Joplin, Missouri. |
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