Demonstrating a passion for sharing God's love through Jesus Christ with people everywhere, Dr. Paul E. Freed was used by God to launch Trans World Radio and to advance its worldwide ministry from its early stages to its present status as one of the world's foremost international Gospel broadcasting networks. Dr. Freed passed away on December 1, 1996, at the age of 78.

No stranger to missions work, Dr. Freed grew up in the Middle East and often accompanied his missionary father, Ralph Freed, on visits to nearby villages in what is now known as Syria. His zeal for sharing the Gospel was cultivated early, as he helped one of his friends commit his life to Jesus Christ.

As part of his education, Dr. Freed sought missionary training at Wheaton College (during the same time as Billy Graham) and continued his studies at Nyack College in New York. He later earned a master's degree at Columbia University and a Ph.D. in mass communications at New York University.

From Nyack, Dr. Freed briefly served as pastor of a new church in North Carolina. He then became the Greensboro (NC) director of Youth For Christ (YFC). While attending an international YFC conference in Switzerland in 1948, Dr. Freed accepted a heartfelt request from two Spaniards to visit Spain.

That plea opened a new direction in Dr. Freed's career, gave him a profound love for the Spanish people, and became a simple beginning for his life's work -- one of the world's great adventures in missionary radio.