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, for over 2 years. He 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. He spent one year training under the ministry of veteran evangelist, Dr. Joe Boyd, traveling and working in his revival meetings. He 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 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 through the years and has helped over 100 other church planters get started.
Dennis Corle entered full time evangelism in 1981. In the past 43 years, he has traveled over four and one-half million miles, held over 2,165 revival meetings and over 1,150 one-day meetings, as well as soul-winning and Revival Fires Conferences.
In his ministry he has had over 72,100 saved and 19,604 baptized. He has seen thousands of young people surrender for full-time ministry, many of whom are presently serving the Lord full-time, as well as thousands of members added to independent Baptist Churches during his meetings.
He is the founder and president of Revival Fires Baptist College, which is a correspondence college that offers a full 4-year program. He started and teaches a summer institute designed to train young evangelists in the field. Dr. Corle also teaches in several fundamental Baptist colleges each year.
Dennis Corle is the founder of Revival Fires Publishing. His ministry has published over 147 books to date: Authored: 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, The 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, 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 The Weeping Prophet Vol. 1,2, 3, The Consecrated Christian, Humanism, 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, Abortion: The Greatest Crime In History, Exposing the New International Version, How To Handle Temptation, Proof of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, The Insanity of Fear, When Should A Christian Disobey the Law?, Building Character in Young Men and Developing Skills for Service (the Prophet’s Club Manual), Sound Doctrine or Strife About Words?, The Believer and Alcohol, The Shape of the Earth, and Is Islam a Peaceful Religion?
Children’s books: The Leap of Faith, Not Ashamed of His Scars, Dads Make the Greatest Heroes, The Bumps Are What You Climb On, Big Jim & Little Tommy, What Could A Little Boy Do?, A Champion for God, Caught With Your Hand in the Cookie Jar, The Spider and the Fly, Bear-ly Safe, Jonah the Backslidden Prophet, Monkey See Monkey Do, A Tale of Two Frogs, Grandma’s Hatpin, Backyard Football, Andy and the Tattle-tale Doll, The Little Green Worm, The Squirrel Who Didn’t Believe in Alligators, The Nightingale Who Lost His Song, and How the Fox Outsmarted the Rabbit.
He is the compiler of the Reaching the World One Door at a Time soulwinning binder. This is available in English, Spanish, Telugu, Swahili, Burmese, French, German, Arabic, Russian, Mongolian, Thai, Korean, Malagasy, Tagalog, Mandarin, Luganda, Portuguese, Cebuano, Ilonggo, Nepali, and Czech. Tens of thousands of people are being saved around the world by these soul-winning binders.
Dr. Corle is the Editor/Publisher of the monthly fundamental publication, Revival Fires! For 35 years in its present form and three years prior in a smaller format. He’s hosted the Revival Fires! National Conference, the Shooters’ Expo, Evangelists’ School, and Church Planting Conference for many years.
Brother Corle travels with his wife to hold around 100 meetings each year all over the United States and a few foreign fields.