J. L. Shuler (1887–1984)

John at the age of sixteen, he took his stand to be a Christian under the preaching of Billy Sunday, a famous evangelist of that day. Shortly after, he became a Seventh-day Adventist through an intensive study of the Bible and Adventist literature. In 1911 he and his wife moved to the south where he did administrative and evangelistic work for the Southeastern States Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists. In 1939 Shuler was called to the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Washington, DC, to teach evangelism. He worked in this capacity for thirteen years until 1952 when he retired and moved to California. Shuler died on June 21, 1984 at the age of 97. Over the years Shuler held many institutes on evangelism. He has written more than 1,000 sermons, several books and manuscripts on effective evangelism, and a couple of Sabbath School lesson quarterlies.