Richard Young is a former educator, businessman, and
pastor. The son of a Free Will Baptist pastor, Richard started
preaching at fourteen and pastoring at twenty. He comes from a
great heritage of preachers and pastors, as there has been a member
of his family in the ministry consistently since 1876. Richard has
been a writer all of his adult life, writing corporate training
manuals and collegiate self-study courses, as well as two
textbooks. He has written articles for both Christian and secular
magazines and journals. His published biographies include The
Rise of Lakewood ChurchandJoel Osteen, The
Journey of T.D. Jakes, Joyce Meyer, and Messengers of
Healing (the story of Charles and Frances Hunter).
Richard received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from Southern Nazarene
University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He has completed the coursework
for his doctorate in education at Oklahoma State University. He
served as vice president of academics at American Christian College
and Seminary in Oklahoma City, as well as dean of academics at
Oklahoma Junior College. He also was a trainer for Century 21
across the state of Oklahoma.
Richard and his wife, Brenda, have been married for more than three
decades.