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((Short description|Non-profit Christian organization in the USA))
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'''Back to the Bible''' is an international [[Christian ministry]] based in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], United States.<ref name=website>((cite web |title=Back to the Bible website |url=http://backtothebible.org/about |date=2008 |accessdate=2015-08-20 ))</ref>

==History==
Founded in 1939 by [[Theodore H. Epp]] on radio station [[KFOR (AM)]] in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]],<ref name=Ward>((cite book |last1=Ward |first1=Mark |title=The Lord's Radio: Gospel Music Broadcasting and the Making of Evangelical Culture, 1920-1960 |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476667348 |pages=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysYtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT103 |accessdate=2018-09-25))</ref> Back to the Bible expanded by supporting [[missionary|missionaries]] and broadcasting via [[shortwave radio]] to other countries. By the mid-1950s, it was being broadcast somewhere in the world in any given minute,<ref>((cite book |editor1-last=Christopher H. Sterling, Cary O'Dell |title=The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio |date=2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1135176846 |page=270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dmmLAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA270))</ref> and in 1954 the organization's first international Bible teaching ministry office opened in Canada. By the time of Epp's retirement in 1981, the ''Back to the Bible'' program was [[Radio syndication|syndicated]] as a daily 30-minute broadcast on more than 800 radio stations worldwide.<ref>[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/E665.html Theodore H. Epp biography, Mennonite Encyclopedia online]</ref>

Under Epp's direction, the broadcasts were also noted for music by the ''Back to the Bible Choir'' and quartet.<ref name=Ward/> Several popular [[Gramophone record|phonograph recordings]] were made by the choir in the 1940s and 1950s. ''Back to the Bible'' also had a weekly youth program on Saturdays, featuring a youth choir and [[serial (radio and television)|serialized]] adventures with a Christian theme, such as the ''[[Danny Orlis series]]'' written by [[Bernard Palmer]].<ref>''Back to the Bible, God at work 40 Years'', Lincoln, Nebraska: Back to the Bible (1979)</ref> Both the music segments and youth program were discontinued in the 1980s. 

By the 1970s the organization had offices in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, France, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Venezuela.<ref>((cite book |author1=Randall Herbert Balmer |title=Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism |date=2002 |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |isbn=978-0664224097 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=syUupeVJOz4C&pg=PA42 |accessdate=2018-09-25))</ref>

[[Warren W. Wiersbe]], former pastor of [[Moody Church]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], served as leader of the Lincoln-based ministry between 1984 and 1989. He was followed by Woodrow Kroll.

===2010s===
Back to the Bible announced Woodrow Kroll's retirement in January 2013. Dr [[John Hay Munro|John Munro]], senior pastor at [[Calvary Church (Charlotte)|Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina]], became the program's next Bible teacher and served from August 2013. In August 2014 he was removed from this position following a complaint from a member of his church staff; after investigation by the church he was reinstated as senior pastor, but Back to the Bible stood by its decision to dismiss him from his role there.<ref>((cite news |author1=Elisabeth Arriero |title=Suspended Calvary pastor John Munro to return after complaint 'not supported' |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com:80/living/religion/article9162002.html |accessdate=2018-09-25 |work=Charlotte Observer |date=2014-09-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728220403/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article9162002.html |archivedate=2016-07-28 |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite news |author1=Morgan Lee |title=Fired 'Back to the Bible' Pastor Cleared of Charges by Megachurch |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2014/september/fired-back-to-bible-pastor-cleared-john-munro-calvary-churc.html |accessdate=2018-09-25 |work=Christianity Today |date=2014-09-08))</ref>

From August 2014 to June 2016, the daily ''Back to the Bible'' program featured Bible teaching from Warren Wiersbe, David Chadwick and Darrell Bock.

In July 2016, Ron Moore, pastor of The Bible Chapel in the Pittsburgh area, was named president and Bible teacher. He served as president until February 2018, and was succeeded by [[David Platt (pastor)|David Platt]].

Back to the Bible ceased broadcasting in the United States on the radio in October 2020; it has continued to be produced as a podcast, with the ministry stating that [[brokered programming]] fees on most religious stations had made continuing to syndicate the program no longer viable.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/december/gleanings-december-2020.html|title = Gleanings: December 2020))</ref>

==Current situation==
((As of|2018)) Back to the Bible has offices in nine countries outside the United States, Canada(fiscally and legally autonomous),<ref>[https://www.backtothebible.ca/ Back to the Bible Canada]</ref> Ecuador, India(fiscally and legally autonomous), Indonesia, Jamaica (fiscally and legally autonomous), Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka(fiscally and legally autonomous), Trinidad & Tobago and broadcasts in multiple languages.<ref>[http://backtothebible.org/international Back to the Bible International]</ref>

The charity has a 2-star rating from [[Charity Navigator]], an independent evaluator of American charities.<ref>((cite web |title=Back to the Bible |url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3762 |publisher=[[Charity Navigator]] |accessdate=2018-09-25))</ref>

==Bible teachers==
{| class="wikitable"
!Bible Teacher!!Years
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|[[Theodore Epp]]
|1939&ndash;1980
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|[[Warren Wiersbe]]
|1980&ndash;1990
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|[[Woodrow Kroll]]
|1990&ndash;2013
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|[[John Hay Munro|John Munro]]
|2013&ndash;2014
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|[[Warren Wiersbe]] (Interim)
|2014&ndash;2016
|-
|David Chadwick<ref>[https://www.backtothebible.org/authors/david-chadwick David Chadwick] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802192432/http://www.backtothebible.org/authors/david-chadwick |date=2016-08-02 )), Back to the Bible</ref> (Interim)
|2015&ndash;2016
|-
|[[Darrell Bock]] (Interim)
|2015&ndash;2016
|-
|Ron Moore<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170813192602/https://www.backtothebible.org/ron-moore Ron Moore], Back to the Bible</ref>
|2016&ndash;2018
|-
|[[David Platt (pastor)|David Platt]]<ref>[https://www.backtothebible.org/meet-david-platt Meet David Platt] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428095224/https://www.backtothebible.org/meet-david-platt |date=2018-04-28 )), Back to the Bible</ref>
|2018&ndash;2018
|-
|Bryan Clark<ref>[https://www.backtothebible.org/bryan-clark Meet Bryan Clark], Back to the Bible</ref>
|2018&ndash;2020
|-
|Nat Crawford <ref>[https://www.backtothebible.org/podcast Meet Nat Crawford], Back to the Bible</ref>
|2020&ndash;2023
|-
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==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*((official website|http://www.backtothebible.org/))

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