Dr. John V. York is the director of the Africa Theological Training Service and is area director-at-large fro Africa fro the Assemblies of God Division of Foreign Missions. He has spent twenty-six years ministering in Africa, including serving as the principal of the Eastern and the Northern Nigeria Bible colleges. he aslo was the founding director of the Nigerian Advanced School of Theology. York earned a B.A. in Religion from Southern California College, an M.A. in Missiology from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Missiology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife, Joy, reside in Springfield, Missouri.