Doug Batchelor

Doug Batchelor was born to philanthropist and founder of Arrow Air George Batchelor;^[7] and his journalist, songwriter, film critic, television critic wife Ruth^[8][9] on March 9, 1957, in Los Angeles.^[1] As an adolescence he was very rebellious against his parents who at that time were divorced, he ran away and dropped out of school multiple times. Batchelor had a substance abuse problem and was arrested by the police multiple times for his crimes.^[1] As a man he lived in a cave outside of Palm Springs, California and started to read a Bible that was left by someone.^[1]

After he became a Seventh-day Adventist he went to school at Pacific Union College.^[1]

In 1994, Batchelor became the president and speaker of Amazing Facts after founder Joe Crews had died.^[10][11][12] His sermons can be watched on the Amazing Facts website and YouTube, podcasts can be downloaded from the internet, listened to on the radio, watched on television, satellite television,^[1][10] downloaded as a mobile app^[13][14] and available on smart TV.^[15] Batchelor is the former pastor of the Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist Church; and he then became founder of the Granite Bay Hilltop Seventh-day Adventist Church and its pastor.^[16]

In June 2016, he and many other Christian leaders were invited by Ben Carson, to New York City to interview Donald Trump.^[17][18]

Batchelor is of Cherokee^[7] and Jewish descent.^[19] After becoming a Seventh-day Adventist he became a vegetarian and later a vegan.^[20]