About the Author

ELMER L. TOWNS is Vice President and Dean of the School of Religion at Liberty University, which he co-founded in 1971 with Jerry Falwell. He teaches the 2,000-member pastor's Sunday School class at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, VA. Towns is a Gold Medallion Award-winning author and his books include "Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough" and "How to Pray When You Don't Know What to Say." Elmer and his wife, Ruth, have three grown children.