Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
So many people have helped make writing this book possible. These are just a few of the people who directly contributed to the writing of this book, but there were many along the way who encouraged me to keep at it. A special thanks goes to them. Any the success this book may see is because of those people who have helped make it possible. Special thanks must go to the people at Phillipsburg Alliance Church who gave me the time to work on this project. Ultimately, it is God who deserves all the credit and glory; it was he who got this work done. I can only take credit for its shortcomings.
First, I want to thank Garth Rosell, who as my advisor on my dissertation read and directed this work. He really was the one who helped develop the idea for the book. Also, a special thanks to Robert Mayer, the librarian at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary at the Charlotte campus, who also aided in this project. This text began as a part of my Doctor of Ministry project and eventually evolved into this current book.
A special thanks goes to Donna Wineberg, who read and typed this entire manuscript. It took a tremendous amount of work and a special ability to interpret my handwriting. My colleague Randall Nelson edited the writing and came up with many helpful suggestions in getting the book in readable form.
A special thanks goes out to all those who agreed to be interviewed for this book. They were a tremendous help in seeing the impact of Simpson on the Christian and Missionary Alliance today, and they helped make this book possible as well. A special thanks to Daniel Evearitt, David Fessenden, Mark Hanes Sr., Barry Jordan, Peter Nanfelt, John Soper, Ron Walborn, and the late Larry Zulauf as well as the late George Reitz.
Most of all, I want to thank my wife, Sue, who painstakingly read the original manuscript in handwritten form. She edited and corrected it. It took many hours, and she did a wonderful job and deserves much of the credit for the finished work.
On behalf of those who labored in this work, it is my hope you will be blessed by the reading of it.
Michael Yount
March 5, 2016
Phillipsburg, NJ