{{short description|Figure in the movement among evangelicals to support the evangelism of the Jewish people}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2023}}
'''Don Finto''' (born April 18, 1930) is a figure in the movement among evangelicals to support the evangelism of the Jewish people.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Terry |date=August 11, 2011 |title=The Evangelicals Engaged In Spiritual Warfare (Interview of Rachel Tabachnick) |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/139781021 |work=Fresh Air |publisher=National Public Radio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pidcock |first=Rick |date=January 10, 2023 |title=The New Apostolic Reformation drove the January 6 riots, so why was it overlooked by the House Select Committee? |url=https://baptistnews.com/article/the-new-apostolic-reformation-drove-the-january-6-riots-so-why-was-it-overlooked-by-the-house-select-committee/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=Baptist News Global}}</ref>
==Life== Don Finto started his ministry as a missionary in Germany. Upon return to the United States, he began teaching German at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee and preaching at the Una Church of Christ while earning his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt.<ref>{{cite web|last=Choate|first=J. E.|title=A Tale of Two Churches: Belmont and "Old" Hillsboro|url=http://www.firmfoundationpublishing.com/ff/articles/agents/107_12_18.htm|work=firmfoundationpublishing.com|publisher=Firm Foundation Publishing|accessdate=28 May 2013}}</ref> Finto then moved to preach at the declining Belmont Church of Christ in the 1970s during The Jesus Movement. Under his leadership, the church grew and left the Churches of Christ background. The church saw attendance from many among the music industry in Nashville, Tennessee, including Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith. Finto retired from the pulpit in 1996 to found Caleb Company, an organization focused on the empowerment of youth. Finto's ministry focus on the Jewish people became clearer in his two books, ''Your People Shall Be My People'', and ''God's Promise and the Future of Israel''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gaines|first=Adrienne S.|title=Don Finto Honored for 60 Years in Ministry|url=http://www.charismamag.com/site-archives/570-news/featured-news/10741-don-finto-honored-for-60-years-in-ministry|accessdate=28 May 2013|newspaper=Charisma Magazine|date=21 April 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life== Don was married to Martha Ann, until her death in 2016. They have three children and seven grandchildren and live in Tennessee.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
==Education==
* B.A. Abilene Christian University (1950) * M.A. Harding School of Theology * Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
==Publications== *''Your People Shall Be My People: How Israel, the Jews and the Christian Church Will Come together in the Last Days'', Ventura, California: Regal Books. 2001. {{ISBN|0-8307-2653-5}}. *''God's Promise and the Future of Israel: Compelling Questions People Ask About Israel and the Middle East'', Ventura, California: Regal Books. 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-83073-811-3}}.
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