Vic Schlatter

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Victor"Vic" was born in Leo, Indiana, on March 16, 1931. Victor's father, Adam Schlatter, died before Victor was born. He was raised by his mother, Mildred Schlatter. Victor repented and was baptized in the Apostolic Christian Church of Leo Indiana at 18 years of age. He studied nuclear engineering at Purdue University and then married Elsie Conrad at the age of 21.

After 7 years of a promising career in nuclear engineering in Richland, Washington, Victor answered the call of God to the foreign mission field and began training with Wycliff Bible Institute.

In 1961 he moved his family to a primitive tribe in the mountains of Papua New Guinea and dedicated the next 61 years of his life to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. During his 28 years in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Victor and his family lived with the Waola people of the Southern Highlands. He deciphered and put into writing their tribal language, translated and published the New Testament into their language and then started the Good News Christian Church which now has over 160 congregations spread throughout the country.

In 1989 Victor moved to Australia from where he continued giving supervision to the churches in PNG. He also started South Pacific Island Ministries and worked as a representative for the Christian Embassy of Jerusalem promoting support for the nation of Israel.

Victor is the author of 7 books and preached in 52 countries of the world.

The last three years of Victor's life were spent in Castanhal, Brazil, where he resided with his wife Elsie and his daughter Michelle Toth and her family. There he ministered in his daughter and son-in-law's church with Hope Ministries.