David William Breese (October 14, 1926 – May 3, 2002) was an evangelical Christian pastor and theologian from the mid-20th century to the early 21st century. Early life Breese was born in Chicago to David and Ruth (Gunton) Breese. He was the youngest of four children, having three older sisters including, Betty, and twin sisters, Mary and Margaret ("Marge"). He also had a foster brother, Bob Gaudio, whom Breese's parents took in as a child. Breese attended Lane Technical High School, an all-boys school with 8,000 students. As a youth, he had been fascinated by airplanes and flying. During World War II, Breese entered Pre-Flight Training at Lane Tech, in the hope of serving his country. When he was in high school, all of Breese's sisters were involved in a, "Hi-C Club," a Christian youth organization. One week, when Breese was 16 years old, the Hi-C meeting was held at his house. Though Breese had no interest in religious pursuits, he heard a woman clearly present a Gospel message while teaching on the Holy Bible's, Book of Romans. A couple weeks later, he decided to believe the message and was converted to belief in Jesus Christ. Further schooling Breese completed his undergraduate studies at Judson University, in Elgin, Illinois, and then went on to Northern Baptist Seminary, in Lombard, Illinois. Breese, who always desired to learn how to fly, earned a "multiengine rating" and, in the years that followed, he flew himself to speaking engagements all across the country. Ministry Breese was a member of Youth for Christ throughout the 1950s, and later became the Executive Director of the movement's Chicagoland chapter, giving a speech entitled "Global Struggle for Minds of Men" to a Chicago crowd in December 1963. He founded his own ministry named "Christian Destiny Ministries" in 1963, and later expanded his ministry to radio broadcasts with Dave Breese Reports beginning in 1978. This radio broadcast eventually moved over into television. Breese later added another program to his roster in 1987, entitled The King Is Coming, which he used to promote his own premillennialist beliefs. Breese's family has told stories of the labour he poured into his radio work, with Breese sitting up late at night, making radio programs on a simple recorder with a blanket over his head. This was to block outside noises, as, at that time, he lacked a recording studio. Breese was eventually succeeded