A. D. (Doug) Beacham, Jr., D. Min., is currently the executive director of Church Education Ministries for the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He received an A.A. from Emmanuel College and a B.A. from the University of Georgia. His M.Div., Th.M. and D.Min. are from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA. He has written three books and numerous articles and short stories. Doug and his wife, Susan, have been married for twenty-nine years and have two grown children.