Dr. Keen Bio

Charles Frederick Keen,

Minister of Munitions

Personal Information:

Born in 1939 in Newton, West Virginia.

Married Mary Catherine Garman, 1957; four children.

Became a Christian in 1957 in Akron, Ohio; entered the gospel ministry in 1964 in Milford, Ohio; resides in Milford, Ohio.

Professional Information:

Pastored the First Baptist Church of Milford, Ohio, 35 years; during those ministry years

Founded:

Milford Christian Academy, a Christian day school,

Bearing Precious Seed, a Bible printing ministry,

School of the Scriptures, a college training ministerial students,

Awarded the Dr. of Divinity degree from The Crown College, 2010.

Became a missionary in 1999, traveling the world helping supply Scriptures for the unreached people groups.

Lead in the translation of the Mongolian New Testament, completed January 2017; presently working on translating the Old Testament into the mother tongue of the Mongolians.

Sundry Information:

Life's verse, Romans 15:20, 21.

Life's goal, reduce number of people groups that do not have a first Bible story.

My age is great, 77, but my health is good.

Guiding Philosophies:

Do not miss an event you cannot duplicate.

I'm not afraid of failure, but I am afraid of succeeding in something that matters not to God.

Extra-biblical authors that have been/are influential in my life:

A. W. Tozer; C. S. Lewis; Francis Schaeffer; J. I. Packer; Watchman Nee