Richard Hardin was born in Missouri, then spent a difficult childhood in Arkansas before entering the Baptist Children's Home in Memphis, Tennessee. He later joined the Air Force, who sent him to Arizona State University where he earned a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering. Richard was honored to receive the U.S. Air Force Award for Scientific Achievement while working in the Air Force Weapons Laboratory Nuclear Effects Division, at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Relocating to Del City, Oklahoma, he became a Christian and began to minister in several capacities inc...