Birth: Brother Collins was born in Greenville, South Carolina.

Conversion: He was converted at the early age of 7 years in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in the House-Ramsay Revival Crusade.

Schooling: Brother Collins went to elementary schools in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. He attended Taylors High in Taylors, South Carolina. He attended Greenville Bible Institute and took special work at Bob Jones University. He also studied music and voice at Bob Jones University and under Mr. Carl Stough of New York City and Mrs. Lowe of Greenville, South Carolina. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Indiana Baptist College, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ministry: Brother Collins began preaching at 15 years of age with the Lynn Garden Evangelistic Group in Kingsport, Tennessee. After schooling he joined a leading evangelist as song leader and assistant evangelist. He worked in this capacity for 17 years. In 1958 he began booking revivals as the evangelist. From October 1982 to October 1994, Brother Collins pastored the Fellowship Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina. Since resigning the pastorate in October 1994, Dr. Collins is again available for revival meetings and other speaking engagements.

Radio: Brother and Mrs. Collins are heard regularly on many radio stations in the United States and foreign countries through Sermon & Song, Inc., a non-profit religious organization of which Brother Collins is president.

Denomination: Brother Collins is an Independent Baptist minister. His work Is not limited to Baptist churches alone. He has traveled widely in 23 states and several foreign countries conducting revival meetings in Bible-believing churches where the doors have been opened. He is a former president of the International Fellowship of Fundamentalists.

Bio Courtesy of Sermon and Song Ministries