George vandemand

George Edward Vandeman (October 21, 1916 – November 3, 2000) was a Seventh-day Adventist evangelist who founded the It Is Written television ministry.
George Edward Vandeman was a Seventh-day Adventist evangelist who founded the It Is Written television ministry.
George Vandeman was an ordained Adventist minister, founder of the It Is Written telecast, and its lead speaker for thirty-four years.

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Son Admits in Courtroom to Stabbing TV Evangelist

As television evangelist George Vandeman looked on, his son surprised a Ventura courtroom Friday by admitting he stabbed the clergyman in the back last month in Thousand Oaks.

Ronald L. Vandeman, 43, pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon as he prepared to face his father during a preliminary hearing stemming from the April 11 knife attack. In an earlier court appearance, he had pleaded innocent.

George Vandeman, 68, is a Seventh-day Adventist clergyman who has been host of “It Is Written” since originating the religious TV show 29 years ago.

Diagnosed Schizophrenic

The younger Vandeman will face sentencing May 31. Although he could receive a four-year prison term, Ventura County prosecutors said they will recommend that he be placed in a mental institution instead.

Donna Walters, a deputy district attorney, said Ronald Vandeman has been diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia, a mental disorder that can cause delusions and hallucinations.

“He’s had this for 22 years and has taken medication to control it,” Walters

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George Edward Vandeman (21 st. October 1916- 3rd November 2000) was a seventh-day adventist who founded the It is Written television ministry. He also founded the New Galley Centre in London.

Aged 21 he attended Emmanuel Missionary College in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
He found a job working at a weekly 15 minute radio broadcast in Elkkhart, Indiana. He married Nellie Johnson on 2nd October 1938. After completing his second year at college he began working as a full-time evangelist.

In 1946 he received a MA from the University of Michigan in speech and communication. he was then ordained as a minister and worked for 4 years as a filed instructor in evangelism at Emmanuel Missionary College.

In 1947 he became the associate secretary Ministerial Association at the General Conference. Aged 33 he beacme the youngest to work in Adventist church leadership.

After WW11, along with other charismatic Adventist speakers, he spearheaded a drive for public evangelism in major cities like Pittsburgh (1948). Washington (1951) and London (1952).

Back in 1946 he had been encouraged to try

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Tell Me The Story

Tell me a fact and I’ll learn.
Tell me a truth and I’ll believe.
Tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.

I heard this on 60 Minutes one Sunday night, and I’ve never forgotten it. Stories are so powerful; many are life changing. In public relations and communication, we often say, “Facts tell; stories sell.” Or “The story is king.” Narratives and personal stories are so much more compelling than mere facts.

Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes correspondent and CBS Evening News anchor from 2011-2017, discussed “Issues vs. Stories” several years ago and said this:

“We think of issues in terms of stories people can relate to. Steven Spielberg didn’t do a movie called the Holocaust—he did Schindler’s List. He didn’t do a project called D-Day—he did Saving Private Ryan. We go out and find a story that makes issues come alive for the audience. So when a producer rushes in and says, ‘Let’s do a story on climate change,’ I say, ‘That’s an issue; tell me the story.’ Don Hewitt the executive producer of 60 Minutes used to say, ‘We aren’t looking for the