Alvin Vander Griend

Alvin Vander Griend, Author, is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church. He graduated from Calvin College in 1958 and from Calvin Seminary in 1961. He later attended Fuller Theological Seminary where he earned his Doctor of Ministry degree in 1982. In 1996 Alvin became director of HOPE Ministries where he developed Lighthouse resources and provided prayer-evangelism training. Dr. Vander Griend’s best-selling work has been Love to Pray, The Joy of Prayer, Patterns for Prayer, Praying God’s Heart, several prayer-evangelism books and co-authored the popular The Praying Church Sourcebook. Vander Griend co-founded and is currently the co-chairman of the Denominational Prayer Leader’s Network in the U.S. He also serves as a member of America’s National Prayer Committee.