Scheduled to speak:

Wednesday
August 9, 2000
7:00 p.m.
RCA Dome

Dan Betzer
Senior Pastor, First Assembly of God, Fort Myers, Fla.

Dan Betzer, senior pastor of First Assembly of God in Fort Myers, Florida, is known for his excellence in religious broadcasting and is still recognized as the voice of the Assemblies of God from his 17 years of work on the international radio program, Revivaltime.

Betzer has clearly dedicated his broadcasting skills to sharing the gospel. He has been announcer, newscaster, Associated Press reporter, soloist, speaker, director, and producer of not only radio and TV but also film and multimedia programs. Having begun at age 3 as a "regular" on a childÕs radio program, Betzer has over four decades of experience in the media.During his high school days, he could be heard on the local radio stations in his hometown. In college he began to write and broadcast news, and was a writer for the Associated Press.

A graduate of North Central Bible College with a degree in Pastoral Studies, Betzer spent 10 years in the news business before going into the ministry. And even in the ministry, he kept active in radio and television, hosting a nightly TV show and a late Sunday-night radio program. Betzer was known as a singer long before becoming a preacher. To date he has recorded 15 musical albums and 35 childrenÕs albums, plus 15 childrenÕs videos. He is also the author of 17 Revivaltime Sermon Books, several novels, and numerous articles in the Pentecostal Evangel.

He has traveled to 42 nations of the world producing films and educational and religious media presentations. Currently, as the senior pastor of First Assembly of God, Betzer has led his church in planting three new churches in Florida. Betzer is now in his seventh year as Assistant District Superintendent of the Peninsular Florida District of the Assemblies of God, as well as serving the district as Foreign Missions Director.

Betzer is also the non-resident Executive Presbyter of the Assemblies of God from the southeast region.

Betzer and his wife Darlene have four grown children.