D. A. Waite

Donald A. (D. A.) Waite is pastor of Bible For Today, an Independent Baptist Church in Collingswood, New Jersey, a leading spokesman for the authority of the King James Version of the Bible, and author of numerous books explaining this position. He earned a B.A. in classical Greek and Latin from the University of Michigan in 1948, a Th.M. in New Testament Greek Literature and Exegesis from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1952, an M.A. in Speech from Southern Methodist University in 1953, a Th.D. in Bible Exposition from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1955, and a Ph.D. in Speech from Purdue University in 1961.
Waite airs the church services, featuring expository preaching, on his web site and posts them to SermonAudio.com. In addition to the church services, the ministry also has a fifteen-minute program "Just For Women" by Waite's wife Yvonne.
Waite is the direct successor of David Otis Fuller's teachings and continues to promote this basic approach to KJV defense. Fuller draws heavily on the teachings of Benjamin G. Wilkinson as well as Dean John Burgon. He is also the head of the Dean Burgon Society, which is closely linked to the Bible For Today ministry. He is a supporter of the Textus Receptus.
Defence of the Textus Receptus
He claims that during the first 100 years after the New Testament was written, the greatest corruptions took place to the Received Text used by the early church. The Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus and 43 another manuscripts are the result of such corruptions. Some of the heretics operated in this period. Westcott and Hort used these corrupted manuscript to his New Testament. They made 5 604 changes to the Textus Receptus, 1 952 of these Waite found to be omissions, 467 to be additions, and 3 185 to be changes.
Historical evidences for the priority of the Textus Receptus:
* All of the Apostolic Churches used the Textus Receptus
* Peshitta (some date this as early as 150 A.D. although the majority view is that it is 4th or 5th century) was based on the Textus Receptus
* Papyrus 66 used the Textus Receptus
* The Italic Church in the Northern Italy (157 A.D) used the Textus Receptus
* The Gallic Church of Southern France (177 A.D.) used the Textus Receptus
* The Celtic Church used the Textus Receptus
* The Waldensians used the Textus Receptus
* The Gothic Version of the 4th or 5th century used the Textus Receptus
* Curetonian Syriac is basically the Textus Receptus
* Vetus Itala is from Textus Receptus
* Codex Washingtonianus of Matthew used the Textus Receptus
* Codex Alexandrinus in the Gospels used the Textus Receptus
* The vast majority of extant New Testament manuscripts all used the Textus Receptus (99% of them)
* The Greek Orthodox Church used the Textus Receptus.
* Wycliffe used Textus Receptus
* Luther, Calvin, and other Reformers used the Textus Receptus
Manuscript evidences:
* 85% of papyri used Textus Receptus, only 13 manuscripts represent text of Westcott-Hort
* 97% of uncial manuscripts used Textus Receptus, only 9 manuscripts used text of WH
* 99% of minuscule manuscripts used Textus Receptus, only 23 used text WH
* 100% of lectionaries used Textus Receptus.
Waite and BJU
Waite's son, D. A. Waite, Jr., is a graduate of Bob Jones University.
Waite, Sr has recently begun expressing his views about how BJU does not uphold the King James Only position, and does not subscribe to his views on the textual history of the Bible. See, for example, an open letter to the school's president. Waite also authored BJU's Errors on Bible Preservation.
Publications
Waite both writes original material, and republishes hard-to-find, out-of-print material, especially from the 19th century figure Dean Burgon.
Notable publications:
* The Four-Fold Superiority of The King James Version is a presentation of his basic position, also available online.
*Defined King James Bible was produced by Waite's ministry to aid modern English speakers understand the text. (This Bible is similar to Liberty University's The King James Study Bible from 1988, which has center-column definitions of difficult words, but Waite's Bible does not include general study notes.)
* Defending the King James Bible (New Jersey, 2004).

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