Biography:

Baptist clergyman; religious journalist.  Born– December 5, 1941, Birmingham. Parents– Wallace Boynton and Wilfred (Vassar) Henley. Married– Mary Irene Lambert, September 4, 1961. Children– Two. Education– Samford University, B.A.; graduate study at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1964-1965; Joint master’s program, Trinity Theological Seminary and Canterbury Christchurch University College. Ordained to the Baptist ministry, 1962; youth minister in Birmingham, 1963 and Fort Worth, Texas, 1964-66; pastor in Nuremburg, West Germany, 1966; public relations director, Mobile College, 1966-68; religious editor for Birmingham News, 1968-70; host of panel “Know Your News,” Alabama Educational Television, 1968-1970; assistant director of Cabinet Commission on Education, 1970-1971; staff assistant to president of the United States, 1971-1973 (helped to organize the White House Prayer Breakfast) ; pastor of Old Spanish Fort Baptist Church in Mobile, 1973-1977; pastor of  McElwain Baptist Church, Birmingham, 1978-86; 1986-present, Senior Associate Pastor, Second Baptist Church, Houston, TX. Received the R. S. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Religion Journalism, 1969; Green Eyeshade Award, 1970; Alabama Associated Press Award, 1973; Belhaven University Faculty Ambassador Award, 2014.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1973; Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Blessed Invasion:  Liberating an Occupied Planet.  Treasure House, 1997.

City Under The Sands. Wheaton, Ill.; Tyndale House Publishers, 1986.

Enter at Your Own Risk. Old Tappan, N.Y.; Revell, 1974.

Europe at the Crossroads. Westchester, Ill.; Good News, 1978.

Form or Frenzy?; The Balance of Power in Spiritual Dynamics. Houston, Tex.; Encourager Media, 1990.

Globequake;  Living in an Unshakeable Kingdom while the World Falls Apart.  Nashville:  Thomas Nelson, 2012.

Rebirth in Washington. Westchester, Ill.; Good News, 1977.

The Roman Solution. Wheaton, Ill.; Tyndale, 1984.

Spillover: War in Heaven.  Baker Books, 2014.

The White House Mystique. Old Tappan, N.J.; Revell, 1976.

Joint_Publication;

Energy Zappers:  Dealing with People who Drain You Dry.  Grand Rapids, MI:  Baker Books, 2007.

God and Churchill:  How the Great Leader’s Sense of Divine Destiny Changed His Troubled World and Offers Hope for Ours.  Tyndale Momentum, 2015.

Revival! Revolution! Rebirth! World Ahead Press, 2016.

Contributor;

Tarbell’s Teacher’s Guide.  Revel, 1976.