Merrill+Dunlop

=Merrill Dunlop= Dunlop gradually became involved in crusade evangelism. Besides the nine years he spent with Youth for Christ traveling to South America, Europe, and other continents, he also preached independently and in association with evangelists such as Jimmie Johnson, John Haggai, and Ford Philpot. He was also featured on many Bible conference programs and became staff organist of the Bibletown Conference Center in Florida. He published more than nine volumes of his hymns. Mr. Dunlop died at his home in Oak Park, Illinois on June 15, 2002.
 * [[image:001.jpg width="156" height="220"]] || Merrill Dunlop was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1905. From his teenage years, he had a deep interest in music, both performance and composition. He served as pianist for the churches he attended--Madison Street Bible Church and Moody Tabernacle. After graduating from the Moody Bible Institute, he became director of music at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, then under the leadership of Paul Rader. He worked closely with Rader and Rader's successor, Clarence Erickson, both during the Tabernacle service and on the many radio broadcasts the Tabernacle sponsored in the 1920s and 1930s. It was during his stay at the Tabernacle that Dunlop married his wife Lenore. They had three children: Wayne Leonard, Donna, and David.

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