Thomas Ice is executive director of the Pre-Trib Research Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, which he founded in 1994 with Dr. Tim LaHaye to research, teach and defend the pretribulational rapture and related Bible prophecy doctrines. Ice has co-authored more than 25 books and written dozens of articles, and is a frequent conference speaker. He has served as a pastor for 15 years. Dr. Ice has a B.A. from Howard Payne University, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Tyndale Theological Seminary, and lives with his wife Janice in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has appeared at conferences with Dr. John Whitcomb several times, and was the keynote guest speaker at the first-ever Day with Whitcomb Ministries on August 28, 2004, in Waukesha, Wisconsin.