Dr. Randy Raynes was born on May 23, 1957 and raised in Linden, Indiana; a small farm town in west central Indiana. He graduated from North Montgomery High School in 1975 and then from Hyles-Anderson College in 1979. He has been a preacher for over thirty years. His ministry has taken him to churches in North Carolina, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. He is currently the pastor of the Fellowship Baptist Church where he has served as pastor for over eleven years.
He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Indiana Fundamental Bible College in New Paris, Indiana in 2010. His ministry has led to his choice of subjects. His passion has always been to provide material to help people through the problems of life as is evidenced by the books he has written.