Derek Prince Ministries Southern Africa

General information

Derek Prince (1915-2003) was born in India of British parents. Educated as a scholar of Greek and Latin at Eton College and Cambridge University, England, he held a Fellowship in Ancient and Modern Philosophy at King’s College. He also studied several modern languages, including Hebrew, and Aramaic, at Cambridge University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

While serving with British army in World War II, he began to study the Bible and experienced a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ. Out of this encounter he formed two conclusions: first, that Jesus Christ is alive; second, that the Bible is a true, relevant, up-to-date book. These conclusions altered the whole course of his life, which he then devoted to studying and teaching the Bible.

Derek’s main gift of explaining the Bible and its teaching in a clear and simple way has helped build a foundation of faith in millions of lives. His non-denominational, non-sectarian approach has made his teaching equally relevant and helpful to people from all racial and religious background.

He is the author of over 100 books, 600 CDS and 200 DVDS teachings, many of which have been translated and published in more than 100 languages. His daily radio broadcast is translated into Arabic, Chines (Amoy, Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghaiese, Swatow), Croation, German, Malagasy, Mongolian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesian and Tongan. The radio program continues to touch lives around the world.

Derek Prince Ministries continues its ministry of reaching out to believers in over 140 countries with Derek’s teachings, fulfilling the mandate to keep on “until Jesus returns”. This is effected through the outreaches of more than 30 Derek Prince Offices around the world, including primary work in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, The United Kingdom and The United States.