Rick Richardson (PhD Trinity International University) is Professor of Evangelism and Leadership and the Director of the Church Evangelism Institute and the Research Institute for the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Rick founded the Church Evangelism Institute and has worked with hundreds of senior pastors and their leaders in revitalizing churches through conversion growth. He worked in campus ministry for 25 years, and regularly speaks and ministers as an evangelist on campuses in many different parts of the country. Rick also serves as an affiliate professor for TEDS working with the Ph.D. program.