William B. Girao was a faculty member of the Central Philippine University's College of Agriculture before serving as senior pastor of Diliman Campus Bible Church for 17 years. He received his Master of Divinity degree from the Asian Theological Seminary and also trained at the Asian Bible Study Center for Laymen in Kotagiri, Madras, India. He is an ordained minister who also served as a staffworker of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Philippines) for 17 years, and for part of that time was General Secretary of the movement. He provided invaluable help to OMF Literature Inc. as Theological Editor for more than ten years. His most recent assignment brought him back to Central Philippine University in Iloilo where he served as Senior Minister of the University Church. He is married to Dolly Inocencio with whom he has three children. Gary William, a medical doctor; Viju Jess, as an educator; and Leah Dolly, a chemical engineer.