Walter Allen is a WWII veteran, a graduate of Baylor University and of Southwestern Theological Seminary. He and his wife Billie served for twenty-two years as career missionaries in East Africa. Now in their eighties, Walter and Billie live on a small farm in East Texas, and Walter continues to preach as well as serve as chaplain for his local chapter of the American Legion. Walter and Billie have raised three children and many dogs and monkeys.