Emphasis Preaching Journal

Dr. Walter A. Maier, founder and first speaker of the International Lutheran Hour, was overwhelmed by the response to the Gospel as he proclaimed it over the radio. His son Paul noted that he was the first person ever to be heard round the world on a regular basis and the first to address nearly 20,000,000 persons each week. Maier had seized upon the medium of radio in its infant years and used it as a tool to proclaim the Gospel through the thirties and the forties.