Eldred Echols (1920–2003)

Gospel preacher listed in Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1952, 107.

Echols was an “enormous pioneer,” making his first trip to Africa in 1943 after graduating from Abilene Christian College, Broom said. There were no international flights at the time, and the boat on which he sailed across the Atlantic went through waters patrolled by submarines. He worked throughout Africa, planting churches and establishing Bible schools. He was the first church of Christ missionary to enter Nigeria, said long-time friend Glover Shipp. After 35 years of mission work, Echols returned to the United States in 1978, teaching at Michigan Christian College until 1981 when he joined the staff at the Richland Hills church, in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills, Texas.

The Christian Chronicle article written about him at https://christianchronicle.org/echols-...