Josh McDowell

Josh McDowell is an Evangelical Protestant Christian apologist and evangelist.
He is a living power house for Jesus Christ.
Josh has probably spoken to more high school and college students than anyone else in history. Over the years he has talked to more than 7,000,000 young people in 84+ countries including 700 universities and college campuses.

He is also author, or co-author, of over 150 books. His book * Evidence That Demands a Verdict* was listed 13th in Christianity Today in list of most influential evangelical books published after World War 11

Not bad for someone brought up by an alcoholic father and someone who as a child/teenager was abused.

He went to college to study law. He went to college an agnostic and decided to write a paper examining the historical evidence of the Christian faith in order to disprove it. He found evidence for it and it changed his life. Instead of studying law he studied theology.

In 1964 he became a travelling representative of Campus Crusade for Christ International. He continues to have close affiliation with the organization.
In 1983 the Josh McDowell Ministry headquarters moved to Richardson and moved to Plano, Texas in 2009. He is also the founder of Josh.org and Operation Carelift.

Sources used Wikipedia and Ambassadors for Christ - John D. Woodbridge -general editor