Richard was born in Arkansas in 1941, but lived in the Missouri Boot Heel until age nine when he was placed in the Baptist Children’s Home in Memphis, TN.  He lived in the Children’s Home until he graduated from high school.  After a year of college, he joined the Air Force and took evening college classes until the Air Force sent him full-time to Arizona State University where he received his Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering.  He received the USAF Scientific Achievement Award for work at the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex while he was assigned to the AF Weapons Lab’s Nuclear Effects Division at Albuquerque, NMex.  Richard became a Christian in 1974 while he was assigned to teach AFROTC at Memphis State University.  Very shortly after becoming a Christian he was transferred to Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, OK.  Along with his Air Force job, he began teaching and preaching at the El Reno Federal Prison in 1976 and also hosted a live, evening radio call-in worship service, seven days a week, for ten years on KBYE Radio called, “God’s Testimony Time.”  He has preached in local churches, on TV and radio programs and has written a book, “Choosing Faith with Love” published in 2005 by Tate Publishing, and has recently published five books on CreateSpace.  He ministered at the El Reno Prison until 2012 and had a self-paid radio program every Saturday morning on KTLR 890 AM radio for the past ten years.   Richard has a website for other interesting articles at: www.rahardin.com. His six books are summarized and available through his website along with 18 free videos and blog with over 20 messages which are linked to his website on the home page.

After Richard retired from the Air Force in 1980, he served 21 years in the US Small Business Administration helping small business around the country with their Federal Procurements until he retired again in 2001. Richard served as an Adjunct Math Professor at Rose State University, Midwest City, OK from 2004-2014 and since then has only been involved with the Internet Radio Ministry.