Rev Bill Bathman:

* Director of In Touch Mission International, U.S.A.

Rev. Bill Bathman, Founder and Executive Director of In Touch Mission International, has ministered the Gospel to persecuted churches behind the Iron Curtain for nearly 40 years. For 22 years, Bill and Harriett lived in Europe and worked throughout Eastern Europe. Now, from their headquarters in Arizona, U.S.A., they continue to assist suffering churches and wake Western churches up to their missionary calling.

Bill saw first-hand the 1968 uprising in Czechoslovakia and was handing out Bibles to Russian troops on their tanks even as the Soviet army was invading Prague. He was also ministering in Romania shortly after the Christmas 1989 uprising began. Bill is a sought-after speaker in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia and many other nations. Many Christians attribute the Revival in Romania to God's gracious working through Bill Bathman.

Throughout his decades of intensive missionary activity, Bill has founded three major missions: Network, The Pioneers and In Touch Mission International. As a radio presenter, Bill has produced literally thousands of radio programmes for Trans World Radio, HCJB, Radio Free Europe and many other broadcasting stations. As an evangelist, Bill Bathman has travelled to and ministered in more than 100 countries. In particular, he has the most extensive personal experience in evangelism in communist countries.