FAQs: About Randy Alcorn

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Tue, May 11, 2010
About Randy Alcorn

Is Randy a pastor?

Randy was a pastor at Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon for 13 years. In 1990, he left that position after a civil court judgment was found against a pro-life group—of which he was a participant—for peaceful, nonviolent civil disobedience at an abortion clinic. The judgment led him to resign as a pastor and start Eternal Perspective Ministries. See "How Did EPM Begin" for the complete story. See also "Do you remember when the Lord called you into ministry?"

Wed, May 19, 2010
About Randy Alcorn
family, wife

Is Randy related to Wallace Alcorn, or is Randy's wife Nancy Alcorn of Mercy Ministries?

Randy's father is not Wallace Alcorn, who taught at Moody Bible Institute, and his wife is not the Nancy Alcorn who heads Mercy Ministries and lives in Tennessee. Randy's wife spells her name Nanci.

Is Randy the same Randy Alcorn who writes for The Daily Sound?

No, it is a different Randy Alcorn. Randy writes, "Periodically someone runs across something written by 'Randy Alcorn' and assumes that could only be me. But there are other Randy Alcorns, and one of them is a columnist for The Daily Sound in Santa Barbara, California. I've read a few of his articles I agree with and others I definitely don't."