Jan Doward, MA, in Eschatology at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. He became a Seventh-day Adventist while serving in the military. Through God's leading and Jan's perseverance, he finished his education and then spent 17 years serving the Lord as a teacher before being called to the General Conference Youth Department where he ministered for 10 years. After his retirement he served as a volunteer pastor and enjoyed writing. His publications include "When All Alone I Stand." He passed to his rest in the spring of 2016.