Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960

Donald Grey Barnhouse; fundamentalist Presbyterian minister, noted expositor of the Bible and pioneer radio preacher; was pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1927 until his death in 1960.

Barnhouse travelled throughout the United States and around the world, preaching and hosting "Bible conferences." He began broadcasting radio sermons in the 1920s, eventually launching his own network program, "The Bible Study Hour." In 1949, Barnhouse founded and was president of the Evangelical Foundation in Philadelphia which, during his lifetime, managed the business aspects of his ministry in Philadelphia and around the world. He served as editor of the magazines Revelation and Eternity. After graduating from Watsonville High School in 1912, Barnhouse attended the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, where he studied with Reuben Archer Torrey, a noted dispensationalist. Subsequently, he studied at the University of Chicago, Princeton Theological Seminary, the University of Grenoble and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1927, he earned the Master in Theology degree from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. From 1919 to 1921, Barnhouse served as a missionary in Belgium with the Belgian Gospel Mission (Mission Belge Évangélique).