About Harold
Harold and Sally
Harold Shank is Professor of Old Testament at Oklahoma Christian University. Since 1996 he has also be the national spokesperson for Christian childcare which is an outreach of Christian Child and Family Services Association. Harold is also the Book Review Editor for The Christian Chronicle, a newspaper with a circulation of over 125,000.
He has served as a preacher, an author of several highly respected books and as an evangelist who has devoted much of his life’s work to developing ministries among the poor. For 32 years he was associated with the Highland Street Church of Christ in Memphis, TN.
Harold is interested in researching social justice in the Old Testament, the treatment of orphans in Isaiah, and the Biblical theory of children. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and has written five books. He wrote Loosening Your Grip, Up Close and Personal – Embracing the Poor, Children Mean the World to God, College Press NIV Commentary of the Minor Prophets, and It’s All About God. Shank is married to Sally Jane, and has two children: Daniel and Nathan. They attend Memorial Road Church of Christ.
Harold is a 1972 graduate of Oklahoma Christian with a B.A. in Bible. He received his M.A. and M.A.R. from Harding University Graduate School of Religion. His Ph.D. in Theology from Marquette University.
