Suicide Unmasked: Exploring the Missing Key to Understanding Suicide

Dr. Bill Shade takes the mask off suicide and gets to the root of the problem. “After speaking to scores of High School students, and dealing with multiple cases of adult suicide I believe there is one factor common to every suicide.” This book explores the missing key to the tragedy of suicide and makes a compelling case for conquering this persistent killer.

About the Author: Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dr. Shade completed studies at Philadelphia Bible Institute and Wheaton College. He began serving in faith missionary work in 1956 with Scripture Memory Mountain Mission in Southeastern Kentucky, where he regularly ministered to 10,000 teenagers in seven counties through the high school ministry. During the same time, he became pastor of McRoberts Missionary Baptist Church where he served for eight years. In 1964, Dr. Shade moved to York, Pennsylvania, where he founded and directed the Grace and Truth Evangelistic Association which was active in radio and television ministry, evangelistic campaigns, and conference / camp ministries. He was the founder and director of Teen Encounter, Camp of the Nations and Wayside Maternity Home for unwed mothers. He also directed the project of preparing curriculum for World-Wide Bible Institutes, which organizes Bible institutes in local churches and mission stations around the world. Dr Shade has most recently served for twenty years with Source of Light Ministries International, eight years as General Director and twelve years as Director of Advanced Studies Department which administers both the WWBI program and WW-Lit. Dr. Shade continues actively serving in Bible teaching, evangelism and conference ministry both in this country and abroad. For many years Dr. Shade traveled across five states conducting assembly programs in local high schools. During that time he did a program on the subject of suicide which became the most requested program ever produced. It resulted in scored of personal sessions with individual students and provided key insights into this tragic phenomenon. It helped form the basis for his present book entitled Suicide Unmasked.