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And Brian Zahnd, an author and pastor of Word Life Church, said Graham's remarks were nothing short of "xenophobia."

Brian Zahnd was born March 5, 1959, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He claims to have become a Christian at a David Wilkerson Crusade on November 9, 1974, at the age of fifteen. Called to preach the gospel, he delivered his first sermon four months later in a Baptist church, and ministered in churches and youth outreaches throughout his teen years. In November 1981, at the age of twenty-two, he founded Word of Life Church with a handful of young people.

Zahnd and his wife, Peri, have been married since 1980. They reside in St. Joseph, Missouri.

What has changed over the past forty years? Much. My eschatology has changed. (Completely re-worked.) My soteriology has matured. (More holistic, less afterlife-oriented.) My ecclesiology has grown. (Embracing the Great Tradition.)

He does not seem to be Reformed. His faith community lists the Niceness Creed as a statement of faith and is sponsoring a pilgrimage tour to Israel in 2015.