Stanley D. Gale has served as pastor of RPC since 1988. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education degrees from the University of Delaware, a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. In 2003 he launched a prayer-based outreach ministry called Community House of Prayer(www.CHOPministry.net). He is the author of Why Must We Forgive? (Cultivating Biblical Godliness series), A Vine-Ripened Life: Spiritual Fruitfulness through Abiding in Christ, Community Houses of Prayer Ministry Manual: Reaching People for Christ through Strategic Prayer, Warfare Witness: Contending With Spiritual Opposition in Everyday Evangelism, The Prayer of Jehoshaphat: Seeing Beyond Life’s Storms, What is Spiritual Warfare? (Basics of the Faith series), How Can I Know Eternal Life: GOD’S good news, Making Sanity Out of Vanity: Christian Realism in the Book of Ecclesiastes, Why Do We Pray? (Basics of the Faith Series), as well as a variety of articles and reviews