religious non profit founded october 19 1929 founder h.m.s. richards sr. headquarters loveland colorado united states area served north america guam micronesia puerto rico key people shawn boonstra speaker director jean boonstra associate speaker website www.vop.com part of a series on seventh day adventist church history christianity protestantism anabaptist restorationism wesleyan arminian pietism millerites great disappointment 1888 general conference theology 28 fundamental beliefs pillars sabbath conditional immortality historicism premillennialism investigative judgment remnant three angels messages eschatology polity general conference divisions east central africa euro africa euro asia inter american north american northern asia pacific southern africa indian ocean south american south pacific southern asia southern asia pacific trans european west central africa periodicals adventist review el centinela signs of the times list of ellen white writings service adventist development and relief agency maranatha volunteers international pathfinders adventurers medical cadet corps seventh day adventist education secondary schools higher education hospitals media ministries hope channel loma linda broadcasting network it is written the voice of prophecy three angels broadcasting network esperanza tv people ellen g. white james white joseph bates j. n. andrews uriah smith j. h. kellogg f. d. nichol m. l. andreasen george vandeman h. m. s. richards edward heppenstall herbert e. douglass morris venden samuele bacchiocchi adventism seventh day adventist portal v t e the voice of prophecy founded by h.m.s. richards sr. is a seventh day adventist religious radio ministry headquartered in loveland colorado . 1 initially airing in 1929 on a single radio station in los angeles the voice of prophecy has since grown to numerous stations throughout the united states and canada . it was one of the first religious programs in the united states to broadcast nationally . under the leadership of shawn and jean boonstra the ministry has now expanded into additional forms of media including the weekly disclosure broadcast . 2 contents 1 history 2 speakers 3 musicians 4 voice of prophecy bible school 5 external links 6 see also 7 references history edit h.m.s. richards sr. began a regular radio program on october 19 1929 on knx am in los angeles . 3 4 5 6 richards earliest studio was his south gate tabernacle near long beach where he was presenting nightly evangelistic meetings . his office was a renovated chicken coop in walnut park california . seventh day adventist church members donated their old eyeglasses and gave teeth with gold fillings and jewelry and watches to help buy the first radio time on long beach station kger . 7 later richards presented daily live broadcasts of the tabernacle of the air over kger in long beach california and live weekly remote broadcasts from his tabernacle to kmpc am in beverly hills . 3 8 in january 1937 the broadcast footprint expanded over a network of several stations of the don lee broadcasting system and the name of the broadcast was changed to the voice of prophecy . 6 the first voice of prophecy coast to coast broadcast was over 89 stations of the mutual broadcasting system on sunday january 4 1942 . 3 4 6 it was one of the first religious programs to broadcast nationally . 9 up until the early 1950s broadcasts were produced live . mispronounced names and singer mistakes went out unedited to the listeners . by 1980 richards had a 6 million budget . the voice of prophecy broadcast each sunday to 700 stations around the world . 8 throughout the years voice of prophecy broadcasts were marked by an opening theme song of lift up the trumpet performed by the king s heralds quartet and closed with richard s poem have faith in god each week having a new verse written . speakers edit h.m.s. richards sr. was speaker from 1929 to 1969 . in 1969 richards son h.m.s. richards jr. succeeded him and was speaker from 1969 to 1992 . he was followed by pastor lonnie melashenko then by fred kinsey . the current speaker is shawn boonstra . preceded by founder founder speaker director h.m.s. richards sr. october 19 1929 1969 succeeded by h.m.s. richards jr. preceded by h.m.s. richards sr. speaker director h.m.s. richards jr. 1969 1992 succeeded by lonnie melashenko preceded by h.m.s. richards jr. speaker director lonnie melashenko january 1993 july 2008 succeeded by fred kinsey preceded by lonnie melashanko speaker director fred kinsey september 2008 april 2012 succeeded by shawn boonstra musicians edit various musicians perform on the broadcast . female vocalist del delker began as a regular on the program since 1947 . the male quartet king s heralds also performed weekly on the program from 1936 until 1982 . wayne hooper served as musical director until his retirement in 1980 . 10 voice of prophecy bible school edit a key program of voice of prophecy is the discover bible school . introduced on february 1 1942 as the bible school of the air it was one of the first correspondence bible schools in north america . 11 known today as the discover bible school it offers free bible guides by mail 12 or online 13 and has affiliate schools in over 120 countries with lessons in over 80 languages and dialects . 14 in 2010 the bible school celebrated its one millionth graduate . 15 external links edit voice of prophecy website bibleinfo website kidsbibleinfo website see also edit seventh day adventist church seventh day adventist theology seventh day adventist eschatology 28 fundamental beliefs questions on doctrine biblical research institute history of the seventh day adventist church list of seventh day adventist hospitals list of seventh day adventist medical schools list of seventh day adventist secondary schools list of religions and religious denominations adventist and related churches list of christian denominations millerites and comparable groups references edit voice of prophecy dedicates new headquarters in loveland . voice of prophecy . retrieved 2 june 2016 . disclosure . voice of prophecy . voice of prophecy . a b c hms richards founder . the voice of prophecy . retrieved 2008 08 09 . a b through the decades ... pdf . the voice of prophecy . retrieved 2008 08 09 . record november 23 2002 pdf . south pacific division of the seventh day adventist church . retrieved 2008 08 09 . a b c land gary 2005 . historical dictionary of seventh day adventists . lanham md scarecrow press . p. 313 . isbn 0 8108 5345 0 . voice of prophecy founder dies . the telegraph herald . dubuque iowa united press international 10 . april 25 1985 . retrieved 2012 10 15 . a b keys laurinda june 7 1980 . 85 year old voice of radio program claims he s no prophet . the st. petersburg evening independent . st. petersburg fl associated press 4 . retrieved 2012 10 15 . knight george r. 1999 . a brief history of seventh day adventists . adventist heritage series 2nd ed . . review and herald publishing association . p. 134 . isbn 978 0 8280 1430 4 . voice of prophecy press release regarding wayne hooper . the voice of prophecy . retrieved 2008 10 28 . voice of prophecy bible school about us . the voice of prophecy . retrieved 2008 10 28 . discover bible guides by mail . the voice of prophecy . retrieved 2016 06 02 . discover online bible guides . the voice of prophecy . retrieved 2008 10 28 . discover online languages . the voice of prophecy . retrieved 2016 06 02 . johnson kurt . college student is one millionth graduate pdf . the voice of prophecy news . retrieved 2016 05 11 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title voice of prophecy & oldid 743323234 categories seventh day adventist mediaseventh day adventist leadersseventh day adventist theologychristian eschatologyhistory of the seventh day adventist churchellen g. whitechristianity in the united statesevangelicalismchristian television networksamerican television networksreligious 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