Who is Dick York?

Dick was born in Seattle, WA. in 1928. At the age of 4, he, his older brother and sister moved with his widowed mother to Vancouver B.C., where he attended school. He lived there until he returned to the States to join the US Merchant Marine in 1944. In 1950 he returned to Vancouver where he received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.

Two years later, burdened for the transients who roam the streets of our cities, he went to Eugene, OR, where he was instrumental in starting the Shield of Faith [rescue] Mission, later renamed the Eugene Mission. In 1956 he married Darlene in Vancouver, and she joined him in the mission ministry, which, by then had expanded to include radio, evangelism, and evangelism training.

In 1957 the rescue mission became Eugene Mission, while Dick and Darlene continued The Shield of Faith ministry, carrying the Gospel overseas, and establishing a missionary training program that has, since then, been used by the Lord in several nations to prepare Christian Nationals to fulfill the Great Commission.

Dick and Darlene have a family that includes six sons, seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. They now live in Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. where Dick teaches in the SFMI Missionary Training Program, and from where he travels to other cities and countries to conduct seminars, speak in conferences, and encourage missionaries on the field.

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