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‘HIS WORD FOR HIS WORLD’: Texas-based radio ministry looks  to modern methods to spread an unchanging message.


ABILENE, Texas — The microphone used in the first Herald of Truth radio broadcast, now firmly mounted on a plaque housed in a display case, tells where the ministry started.
A large globe and offices filled with people typing on computers and handheld devices tell where it’s going.
The venerable radio program first aired Feb.

10, 1952. Originating from the old Fair Park Auditorium, the program aired on 31 American Broadcasting Co. stations.
Today, it reaches a global audience with websites and through social media such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

Old-timers most likely would giggle at hearing “Herald of Truth” and “Twitter” in the same sentence.
Even the current president, Bill Brant, defers to Tim Archer — Herald of Truth’s Spanish-speaking ministries director — when the subject of social media comes up.
“He tweets,” said Brant, who has