Derek Prince was born in India to British parents and was a scholar of Greek and Latin, attending both Eton College and Cambridge University.

Some of these countries were visited more than once: Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Hungary, South Africa, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, Poland, Bahrain, Cuba, Colombia, Switzerland, France, Portugal, India and England.

Some of the subjects that are covered in his teachings are prayer and fasting,[5] foundations of the Christian faith,[6] spiritual warfare,[7] God's love[8] and marriage and family.

[9] His daily radio is translated into Arabic, Chinese (Amoy, Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Swatow), Croatian, German, Malagasy, Mongolian, Russian, Tamil, Samoan, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia, Tongan, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and many other languages.

[citation needed] Derek Prince Ministries continued for the rest of his life to distribute his teachings and to train missionaries, church leaders, and congregations.

"[15] Prince created the Shepherding Movement with fellow ministers Don Basham, Bob Mumford, Charles Simpson and Ern Baxter, who became known as the 'Fort Lauderdale Five.'

His books include:[18] On September 24, 2003, Derek Prince died in his sleep of heart failure at age 88 in his Jerusalem home, after a period of declining health, having experienced chronic illnesses during his last several years.