Jack Arthur
Co-founder and long-time servant of Precept Ministries International, Jack Arthur, died Monday morning at age 90.
Jack, who battled cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease, died peacefully in his home early in the morning with his loving wife of half a century, Kay, by his side. The couple had celebrated their 51stanniversary on December 16, 2016.
Jack was raised on an Indiana farm by his grandparents and was a graduate of Tennessee Temple University. The night he graduated, he drove back to Indiana, sold his car and bought a one-way ticket to Africa, beginning his 10-year missionary service with The Pocket Testament League. Through many harrowing tours overseas, Jack saw God move mightily on his behalf. When he returned to the States, he often spoke at Tennessee Temple’s chapel meetings. It was there that he met a young widow with two sons who wanted to be a missionary. That young woman believed the Lord wanted her to marry “the man on a missionary prayer card named ‘Jack Arthur’” and the two were married in 1965.
Jack and Kay spent three years as independent missionaries to Mexico. While there, they had a son whom they named David in hopes of raising “a man after God’s own heart.” The family was forced back to the States due to health issues. Broken-hearted to leave the field, they went right to work in Chattanooga. Jack became the station manager for a local Christian radio station; Kay started a Bible study for teens in her home. They couple said they "never dreamed of all the Lord would do in and through their lives."
Ministry officials said, "While Jack’s absence will be grievously felt by all he touched, his footprint on the campus, the ministry, the Kingdom of God – and the lives of those who knew him well – will remain forever. Jack and Kay founded Precept Ministries in 1970, and the work of establishing people in God’s Word all over the world became their life-long mission. Precept Ministries International is now in 180 countries and 70 languages."