<p><br />
JAMES M. BECHER, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,<br />
on June 8, 1943. In Jr. High School, he became interested<br />
in writing and drama, and in different historical periods. He wrote several poems and articles<br />
and a few short stories, plays and novelettes. In college, he<br />
won second prize in a contest with the Biblical short story,<br />
“Beggarman-Thief,” which now forms part of his Biblical novel, "Of Such Is The Kingdom."<br />
He graduated from Clearwater Christian College in 1970<br />
with a B.A. degree in Bible-Literature, and Biblical School of<br />
Theology in 1974 with a Master of Divinity.<br />
Ordained in November, 1974, he served as assistant pastor/<br />
Bible teacher in several churches. He also served in a foreign student<br />
ministry, where he met his dear wife, Berenice Carett<br />
from Venezuela.</p>
