DR. LYLE W. DORSETT has retired from his role as Rector of Christ the King Anglican Church in Homewood, Alabama which he and his wife, Mary, planted in November 2007. A prolific author and accomplished speaker and teacher, Dr. Dorsett received his B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 2005, he moved to Birmingham, Alabama to become the Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism at Beeson, and is now retired from that position. He is the author of numerous books, among them biographies of Joy Davidman (Mrs. C.S. Lewis), E. M. Bounds, Dwight L. Moody, and Billy Sunday. Keenly interested in the life and writings of C. S. Lewis, he has published a volume of Lewis's Letters to Children, The Essential C. S. Lewis, and Seeking the Secret Place: The Spiritual Formation of C.S. Lewis. His most recent book is A Passion for God: The Spiritual Journey of A.W. Tozer and Serving God and Country: United States Military Chaplains in World War II. Dr.Dorsett and his wife, Mary have two grown children and four grandchildren.
