Kay Arthur

Kay Lee Arthur (born November 11, 1933) is an American Christian author, Bible teacher and co-founder of Precept Ministries International.

[1] Arthur graduated from nursing school in 1955 when she was 21 years old and married her first husband, Frank Thomas Goetz, Jr.

[citation needed] After returning to Chattanooga, Arthur began teaching teenagers about the Bible in the couple's living room while Jack took over as manager of a local Christian radio station.

[citation needed] Arthur has hosted a daily radio, television and online Bible study teaching program called Precepts for Life.

[citation needed] In November 2009, Arthur signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration with the aim of requesting evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox Christians not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.