Johnny ray youngblood biography
The Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood achieved national renown for his ministry to black men.
He had originally planned to become a high school teacher because of the status and security that profession provided.!
In Memory: Ronald F. Youngblood
Ronald F. Youngblood, Bethel Seminary professor of Old Testament and Hebrew emeritus, died on July 5 at the age of A renowned biblical scholar, he served on the translation team for New International Version of the Bible (NIV) beginning in , joined the Committee on Bible Translation in , and was a member of the translation team for a major revision of the NIV released in He was executive editor of the New International Reader’s Version of the Bible, part of the team that translated Today’s New International Version of the Bible, and associate editor of the NIV Study Bible.
“Ron Youngblood was a giant in the world of Bible translation,” says Bethel President Jay Barnes. “His work reflected well on Bethel Seminary and Bethel University—many people knew us because they knew him…His promotion to heaven is a loss for the world of biblical scholarship.”
In addition to his extensive translation work, Youngblood wrote more than 20 books, was the longtime ed