Oliver Boyce Greene

OLIVER BOYCE GREENE
1915 - 1976

Oliver B. Greene was born February 14, 1915, the sixth of nine children. His parents were farmers. As Oliver grew he led a wicked life into young adulthood. At age 19, the Lord saved him through the prayers of his mother and sister, and a sermon on Romans 6:23: "The Wages of Sin is Death". He soon heard the call to preach and while still in school, bought his first tent. By the time he retired from the tent ministry in 1966, he had recorded well over 200,000 professions of faith. In addition, he was led to begin a radio ministry, THE GOSPEL HOUR, a 30-minute broadcast on 150 stations. The program is still heard daily coast-to-coast on approximately one hundred stations.

He married Aileen Collins on September 19, 1939, and they had three sons. The first sone lived only two days. Thomas Wesley, 44, and David Boyce, 40, are still living and serving the Lord.

One of Dr. Greene's greatest contributions to the Christian world was his development of the soulwinning booklet. He wrote 44 of these, all shirt-pocket size, 32 pages, with two color covers. Millions of these booklets have been distributed all over the world, countless professions of faith have resulted. Oliver Greene also wrote 26 verse-by-verse commentaries on various books of the Bible; 33 hardback sermon and study books, and countless of his ermons appeared in paperback form.

Foreign missions was another burden of Oliver Greene. He visited many mission fields and raised thousands of dollars for their support.

Emmanuel Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, conferred an honorary Doctor of Diviinity degree on him in 1960 in recognition of his many faceted ministry.

Dr. Oliver B. Greene's fourfold outreach - meetings in churches and tents, the radio ministry, literature, and help to missions - was done with great energy until his death in 1976. He always remained a true Fundamentalist who never swerved from his Faith.