Tottingham, Ronald L.: - Dr. Tottingham was born December 23, 1945 and raised on a farm in southern Missouri. In August 1955 he received Jesus Christ as Saviour through repentance and faith in Christ's death, burial and resurrection. At age 17 he enlisted & served in the US Marines 6 years, serving with the 3rd Reconnaissance Btn & C Co/1st Btn/4th Reg. His 25 month overseas service included combat in South Vietnam as a machine gunner. After Vietnam he was extended 6 months and served as a military policeman until reentering the Reserves. After returning home he married Linda Lou Morris on May 27, 1967. They have 3 children (all in the ministry) and 10 grandchildren as of 2010. He surrendered to scriptural baptism and to preach August 3, 1968 and immediately entered school earning his Bachelor, Masters and a PhD in counseling psychology. He has done out-patient counselling for Offutt AFB mental health services. He also holds a ThD from Omega Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea. The focus of his ministry has been founding (April 1974) and pastoring Empire Baptist Temple, Sioux Falls, SD. In January 2007 he stepped down from a 33 year pastoral ministry to be reassigned from President to Chancellor/administrator of Great Plains Baptist Divinity School. Under his pastorate EBT established the divinity school (1977), an academy (1978), penitentiary (1979) and county jail (1986) ministries, life-protection team (1986), singing group, printing ministry, international church planting outreach, and the Doorstep Evangel news paper (1975) which goes world-wide. The Lord greatly used EBT to train preachers and establish churches scattered around the world.