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Douglas E. Batchelor (born March 9, 1957) is an American pastor, evangelist, author. He is the current president and speaker of Amazing Facts.
Doug Batchelor was born to philanthropist and founder of Arrow Air George Batchelor; and his journalist, songwriter, film critic, television critic wife Ruth on March 9, 1957, in Los Angeles. As an adolescence he was very rebellious against his parents who at that time were divorced, he ran away and dropped out of school multiple times. Batchelor had a substance abuse problem and was arrested by the police multiple times for his crimes. As a man he lived in a cave outside of Palm Springs, California and started to read a Bible that was left by someone.
After he became a Seventh-day Adventist he went to school at Pacific Union College.
In 1994, Batchelor became the president and speaker of Amazing Facts after founder Joe Crews had died. His sermons can be watched on the Amazing Facts website and YouTube, podcasts can be downloaded from the internet, listened to on the radio, watched on television, satellite television, downloaded as a mobile app and available on smart TV.
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