Keith W. Phillips

Dr. Keith Phillips was the President of World Impact, a Christian missions organization dedicated to ministering God's love to the inner cities of America. He has appeared on The 700 Club, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Focus on the Family, and Promise Keepers.

Dr. Phillips is the author of They Dare to Love the Ghetto, No Quick Fix and Out of Ashes, which chronicles the history of the urban poor in America and explores their present needs and future hope.

For 42 years, Keith ministered to people from all walks of life. For six years, he served as a club director for Los Angeles Youth for Christ.

Dr. Phillips received his Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA and his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary. He received the Doctor of Humane Letters from John Brown University, and the Doctor of Humane Letters from Sterling College.

A nationally-recognized authority on inner-city ministries, Dr. Phillips served on the Board of the Christian Community Development Association. A distinguished and inspiring speaker, he delivered the Commencement Address to the 1969 and 1991 graduating classes of Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, the 1990 graduating class of John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and the 2002 graduating class of Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas.

Keith is the youngest son of Dr. Frank C. Phillips, a founder of Youth for Christ International (YFC), who, for 12 years, directed YFC in Portland, Oregon, and later co-founded World Vision International. Keith was ordained to the Gospel ministry at the First Baptist Church of Van Nuys and is listed in Who's Who in Religion, Who's Who in the West, and Who's Who in America.