Many have learned and grown under the teaching of August Van Ryn during his lifetime of service to the Lord. Born in the Netherlands in 1890, he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior when he was 20. In 1915 he began full-time Christian service, first in gospel tent work in Michigan and then in the Bahamas for 14 years. Fearing the permanent loss of his eyesight, he memorized all of the New Testament and large portions of the Old Testament. Mr. Van Ryn traveled extensively throughout his lifetime laboring for the Lord.