Donald N. Bastian is a bishop emeritus of the Free Methodist Church in Canada and the United States. He graduated from Greenville College in 1953 and Asbury Theological Seminary in 1956. He pastored the New Westminster Free Methodist Church in British Columbia, from 1956 to 1961 and the Greenville Free Methodist Church in Illinois, from 1961 to 1974. From 1974 to 1993 he was a bishop in the Free Methodist denomination with a special focus on the church in Canada, which he led General Conference status in 1990. He is the author of four other books, including GOD'S HOUSE RULES and THE PASTOR'S FIRST LOVE. He received honorary doctorates from Seattle Pacific University, Greenville College, Spring Arbor College, and Roberts Wesleyan College. During his active ministry he was highly regarded as one of the best preachers in North America. He is now retired and living with his wife, Kathleen, in Mississauga, Ontario.