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The War Cry | JULY 2015
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Marching
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One Army, One Mission,
One Message
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General Paul A. Rader (Rtd) and Commis-
sioner Kay F. Rader have been an unstoppable
team evere since they met as students at As-
bury Theological Seminary.
The two are inseparable, and they wouldn't
have it any other way. Even their shared biog-
raphy, If Two Shall Agree (Ferguson-Hunt),
confirms that premise.
As the 15th General of The Salvation Army,
Paul Rader holds the distinction of being the
only American to have served as the Army's in-
ternational leader. He is the great-nephew of
another Paul Rader, a Chicago area evangelist
of the 1920s who penned the gospel song, "Only
Believe." The elder Rader is also considered
America's first nationwide radio preacher.
"The consistent intimacy of Paul and Kay's
prayer life and the integrity of their characters
have led to an impelling intentionality of disci-
pleship that is dynamic," writes Lloyd J. Ogil-
vie, onetime U.S. Senate chaplain, in the
foreword to the Raders' biography.
Paul Rader was born in New York City in
1934. After finishing his undergraduate work
at Asbury College, he went on to Asbury Theo-
logical Seminary and the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, earning a BA, BD and
MTh. He later attended Fuller Seminary.
Kay Fuller graduated from Asbury as well,
with a BA, and qualified as a teacher.
They married and later entered the Salva-
tion Army's School for Officer Training in the
Eastern Territory, New York, in September,
1960. Upon commissioning a year later, they
temporarily assisted at the Newark, New Jer-
sey, Central Corps. While serving there, they
learned Korean, with the intention of offering
themselves as missionaries to Korea.
The Raders arrived in Seoul, South Korea,
in January, 1962, and served there for nearly
10 years. They returned to the United States
for a two-year stint in the Southern California
Division. During that period, he earned his
doctorate in Missiology at Fuller.
They returned to Korea, serving from
1973 to 1984, and then were appointed in
the USA Eastern Territory as leaders of the
training college, which was by then relocated to
Suffern, New York.
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t the 1994 High Council, Com-
missioner Paul Rader was
chosen to be retiring General
Bramwell Tillsley's successor, but a
good argument could be made that,
in that election, the Army got two for
the price of one.
by
MAJOR FRANK
DURACHER
Paul A. &
Kay F. Rader
Team-Workers
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