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.

[1] Butcher was a graduate of Miltonvale Wesleyan College, now part of Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

He was known for his outstanding singing voice[2] and spent several years as a traveling evangelist with Billy Graham.

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