About Richard (Dick) Innes
Richard (Dick) Innes, Founder and International Director of ACTS International, commenced the literature outreach of ACTS in 1968. He also works part time as the Director of Publications for the Narramore Christian Foundation (NCF), a Christian mental health organization, located in the Los Angeles area in California, and was for several years the editor of the NCF Psychology for Living magazine.
Dick grew up in Brisbane Australia. He is a graduate of the Queensland Technical College in Brisbane, Australia, and the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. He earned a B.A. from Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, U.S.A., and a Master of Arts in Communications from Wheaton College Graduate School in Wheaton (Chicago), Illinois, U.S.A.
He has been the South Australian Director of Youth for Christ, and has been the Founder/Director of ACTS International since 1968. He has lived in Southern California since 1981. He is also an instructor in the Divorce and Grief Recovery ministry at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
He has authored three books: the best seller, I Hate Witnessing, How to Mend a Broken Heart, and his latest book, You Can't Fly With a Broken Wing. He has written more than 250 Encounter outreach brochure articles—40 million of which have been distributed worldwide. He has led seminars and workshops in several countries, is a pastoral counselor, and has spoken and taught in numerous churches in the U.S., New Zealand, and Australia.
He is the webmaster of the various web sites of ACTS International and that of the Narramore Christian Foundation, is the author of Daily Encounter, the week-day email devotional and editor of Weekend Encounter, the weekend e-zine of ACTS International. These, combined with Prayer Encounter, have over 175,000 subscribers worldwide.
Dick and Joy, his wife, reside in San Clemente, California. They are parents of four adult children, and grandparents of six granddaughters.
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