Randy Alcorn has dedicated his life to teaching biblical truth and drawing attention to the needy and how to help them. As the founder and director of the nonprofit Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), Alcorn helps meet the needs of the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled, and unsupported people around the world.

"My ministry focus is communicating the strategic importance of using our earthly time, money, possessions, and opportunities to invest in need-meeting ministries that count for eternity," Alcorn says. "I do that by trying to analyze, teach, and apply the implications of Christian truth."

As the author of the new novel Safely Home (Tyndale House Publishers), Alcorn highlights the needs of Christians in China while demonstrating the eternal hope embraced by persecuted believers.

Alcorn is the author of several books, including Money, Possessions, and Eternity; Christians in the Wake of the Sexual Revolution (also called Restoring Sexual Sanity); Women Under Stress; Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments; and In Light of Eternity: Perspectives on Heaven. His novels include the best-sellers Deadline, Dominion, Edge of Eternity, Lord Foulgrin's Letters, and The Ishbane Conspiracy.

Before starting EPM in 1990, Alcorn co-pastored for thirteen years at Good Shepherd Community Church outside Gresham, Oregon. He has ministered in many countries, including China, and is a popular teacher and conference speaker. Randy has taught part-time on the faculties of Western Seminary and Multnomah Bible College, both in Portland, Oregon.

Alcorn has written numerous articles for magazines such as Discipleship Journal, Moody, Leadership Journal, New Man, and The Christian Reader. He produces the quarterly issues-oriented magazine Eternal Perspectives and has been a guest on more than 350 radio and television programs.

Alcorn resides in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nanci, and their Dalmatian, Moses. The Alcorns have two married daughters, Karina and Angela.