{{Short description|Evangelical pastor (1917–2010)}} thumb|right|Pastor Orval Butcher '''Orval Butcher''' (December 1, 1917 Valton, Wisconsin –October 5, 2010) was the founding pastor of Skyline Church located in Lemon Grove, California, a suburb of San Diego. He was senior pastor of the church for 27 years and grew the regular attendance to over 1,100.<ref name="San Diego">{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/22/orval-butcher-founding-pastor-of-skyline-wesleyan/|publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune|title=Orval Butcher, founding pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church, dies at 92|first=Blanca|last=Gonzalez|date=October 22, 2010|accessdate=June 2, 2013}}</ref> Butcher was a graduate of Miltonvale Wesleyan College, now part of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. He was known for his outstanding singing voice<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.org/doc/news/article/1101|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705174712/http://www.wesleyan.org/doc/news/article/1101|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 5, 2013|publisher=Wesleyan Information Network|title=Skyline Church Founder Called a Modern "œPaul"|date=October 6, 2010|accessdate=June 2, 2013}}</ref> and spent several years as a traveling evangelist with Billy Graham.<ref name="San Diego" />
==External links== * [http://orvalbutchermissions.org/ Orval Butcher Missions] official website * [https://www.skylinechurch.org/ Skyline Church] official website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Butcher, Orval}} Category:American Christian clergy Category:1917 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Oklahoma Wesleyan University alumni Category:People from Lemon Grove, California Category:People from Sauk County, Wisconsin