Bruce Wilkinson

Bruce Wilkinson is a Christian teacher and author, born in New Jersey, with degrees from Northeastern Bible College (B.A. and Th. B.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th. M.), and Western Conservative Baptist Seminary (D.D.). Early in his career, he served as a college professor at Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon.

Over the years, Wilkinson has delivered keynote addresses at major national and international events, addressing stadium audiences of 80,000 or more. His prolific writing includes over 60 books translated into 30 languages, with several reaching the number one spot on bestseller lists of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Notably, his book "The Prayer of Jabez" is the fastest-selling book in history with worldwide sales exceeding 20 million copies.

Aside from his literary accomplishments, Wilkinson has a significant impact in the publishing world, serving as the publisher and executive editor of ten monthly magazines, which have collectively distributed over 120 million copies. He also contributed to the outlines of the Bible books for the best-selling Open Bible and has held the role of executive editor for three Bibles.

In 1976, Wilkinson founded Walk Thru the Bible, an initiative under which he trained 100,000 professional teachers in Teaching for Life Change. He is also a skilled trainer in the Dream Giver methodology, and following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, he traveled to Russia to teach as part of the Jesus film presentation. He served for five years as chairman of CoMission, an education ministry in Russia.

Moving to South Africa in 2002, Wilkinson initiated Dream For Africa and subsequently launched Heart for Africa, which has led to the planting of over 500,000 vegetable gardens for orphans and the hungry. He also recruited more than 1,000 college students from 11 nations to conduct AIDS training in high schools and led significant tribal, racial, and religious reconciliation conferences across various African nations.

In 2013, Wilkinson founded Teach Every Nation (TEN) to provide innovative, practical, and culturally relevant training for pastors and leaders primarily in the Global South. TEN utilizes both satellite simulcasts and in-person courses on a 2,500-acre training campus located in the Waterberg Biosphere of northern South Africa, with training available in multiple languages including English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, and Farsi.

Wilkinson currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of The Exponential Group, continuing his commitment to global education and ministry.