Mal Couch

Malcom Ollie "Mal" Couch, Jr. (July 12, 1938, Dallas, Texas, USA[1] – February 12, 2013[2]) was the founder and first president of the Tyndale Theological Seminary. He was a pastor, an author of many books, and writer of 40 documentaries on Bible prophecies and biblical issues.[3] While president of Tyndale Theological Seminary Couch recruited some very well known scholars and Bible teachers to teach the student body. Dr. Norman Geisler, Dr. Paige Patterson, Dr. Robert Lightner, Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, and Paul Enns were used in the educational endeavors at Tyndale Seminary.[4] After Dr. Couch retired from Tyndale Seminary he became a Vice President of the Scofield Graduate School and Seminary located in Modesto, California.[3]

Couch was part of the Pre-Trib Study Research Group that was founded by Tim LaHaye and Thomas Ice. He was also a member of Tyndale Seminary's Conservative Theological Society.

  1. ^ Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
  2. ^ Dr. Malcom Couch Jr. (1938–2013)
  3. ^ a b Faculty list, Scofield Graduate School & Seminary. Archived December 25, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 1999-2000 Tyndale Seminary Catalog