Our Pastor

Dr. Dennis Corle's Biographical Sketch

     Dennis Corle was saved on January 15, 1975 at the age of 20, and began preaching just a few months after his conversion. He worked on staff at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ski Gap, Pennsylvania, under Dr. Denny Mallonee and then received a Bachelor of Science degree from Beth Haven Baptist College in Louisville, Kentucky, under the ministry of Dr. Tom Wallace in 1980. He completed the four-year course in 20 months and graduated valedictorian of his class.

 
     Brother Corle spent one year training under the ministry of veteran evangelist, Dr. Joe Boyd, traveling and working in his revival meetings. Since then he has received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Tri-State Baptist College in Memphis, Tennessee, with Dr. Ron Westmoreland, and a Th.M. and Th.D. degree from Great Commission Theological Seminary. He has also received a Doctor of Humanities from Truth Baptist Theological Seminary; and a Doctor of Literature from Faith Baptist College; as well as a Th.M. and Th.D. from Landmark Baptist College. He has started eight different churches throughout the years and has helped over 100 other church planters get started.
 
     Dennis Corle and his wife, Cathy, entered full-time evangelism in 1981. In the past 40 years, he has traveled over 4 million miles, held over 2,085 revival meetings and had over one thousand one-day meetings, as well as soul-winning and Revival Fires! Conferences.
 
     In his ministry he has seen over 70,000 people saved and 19,000 baptized. Thousands of young people have surrendered for full-time ministry in his meetings, many of whom are presently serving the Lord full-time, as well as thousands of members added to independent Baptist Churches across the country.
         
     Dr. Corle is the founder and president of Revival Fires! Baptist College, which is a correspondence college offering a full 4-year program. He has also started and teaches a summer institute designed to train young evangelists in the field, and also teaches in several fundamental Baptist colleges each year.
 
     Dr. Corle is the founder of Revival Fires Publishing, which has published more than 120 books to date.

Books Authored by Dr. Corle Include: 

• The Pied Piper of Rock Music
• Living up to Your Name
• Book of Life 
• Altar Worker’s Helper
• How to do Personal Work at the Altar
• The Modern Day Tongues Phenomena
• The Discipline of Prayer
• Elements of Godly Character Vol. 1, 2, 3
• Balancing Your Account
• Biblical Philosophy of Soulwinning
• The Chemistry of Separation
• Repentance Unto Life
• Why Our Children Are in Crisis
• The Crucified Life
• Christian Liberty
• Sodomy the Sickest Sin on Earth
• Jude: Contending for the Faith
• The Danger of Change
• Spiritual Leadership Vol. 1,2,3 
• Weathering the Storms of Life Vol. 1,2
• God’s Inspired Book, the Bible
• The Lord’s Fast
• Jeremiah - Weeping Prophet Vol. 1,2, 3
• The Consecrated Christian
• Humanism- Religion of Public Education
• 101 Preaching Outlines Vol. 1, 2, 3
• Excuses for Conformity to the World
• What Salvation Is
• To Train Up a Child
• Whole Armour of God
• Necessary Division
• We Are not Under the Law, but Under Grace 
• Salvation is Eternal, Not Dispensational
• Examining Our Heritage 
• Proof of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
• Insanity of Fear
• How to Deal with Temptation
• When Should A Christian Disobey the Law?
• Sound Doctrine or Strife About Words?
• The Believer and Alcohol
• The Shape of the Earth

 
Children’s Books by Dr. Corle: 

• How the Fox Outsmarted the Rabbit 
• The Squirrel Who Didn’t Believe in Alligators
• The Little Green Worm
• The Nightingale Who Lost His Song, 
• Andy and the Tattle-tale Doll
• Backyard Football
• Grandma’s Hatpin
• A Tale of Two Frogs
• Monkey See Monkey Do
• Jonah the Backslidden Prophet
• Bear-ly Safe
• The Spider and the Fly
• Caught With Your Hand in the Cookie Jar
• A Champion for God
• What Could a Little Boy Do?
• Big Jim & Little Tommy
• The Bumps Are What You Climb On!
• Dads Make the Greatest Heroes
• The Leap of Faith
• Not Ashamed of His Scars

     Brother Corle compiled the Reaching the World One Door at a Time soulwinning binder, available in English, Spanish, Telugu, Swahili, Burmese, French, German, Arabic, Russian, Mongolian, Thai, Korean, Malagasy, Tagalog, Mandarin and Luganda, Nepali, and Czech. Tens of thousands of people are being saved around the world using this soul-winning presentation.
 
     Dr. Corle is the Editor/Publisher of the monthly fundamental publication, Revival Fires! For 35 years in its present form, and for three years prior in a smaller format. He has hosted the Revival Fires! National Conference since 1989, as well as many regional conferences. He has also hosted the Shooters’ Expo, Evangelists’ School, and the Church Planting Conference for many years.
 
     Brother Corle has traveled with his family and holds around 100 meetings each year all over the United States and a few foreign fields.

     Brother Corle helped to start Faith Baptist Church in June of 1981, and has been a co-pastor and staff evangelist, and is now serving as the pastor. Faith Baptist Church has always been the home church for his family and ministry. He is committed to keeping it what it has always been: a center for strong Bible preaching and the old-time religion here in central Pennsylvania. 

     Dennis and Cathy are the thankful parents of three daughters: Lydia Sexton, Rebekah Shirey and Christy Little, who are now grown and serving the Lord with families of their own.