Virgil Lee Amos (b. 1942) earned a degree in social sciences/ missions from Biola and a Masters in Missions from Talbot Theological Seminary in 1979.

Amos was born in Oakland. He attended Moody Bible Institute starting in 1962 and served with Operation Mobilization for ten years in Europe and Asia. He is the founder and general director of Ambassadors Fellowship, which emphasizes mobilizing African-American congregations to support indigenous missions in the Muslim world.

In the Summer of 1965, Amos led a missions team in Spain, at a time when distributing Protestant literature was illegal. In 1966 he worked in India, and in 1967 he began an eight year term of service in Iran.

Amos enrolled at Biola in 1976 to finish his bachelor's degree. By 1979 he had completed a master's degree at Talbot.

"God is raising up a growing interest and involvement in missions among African-American believers across the U. S. It is our time to do our part in the extending of the Kingdom of God to the regions where the Gospel has not yet reached." (source: Sorokin, p. 71)

Sources

Jean Voss Sorokin, "Virgil Lee Amos," in African-American Experience in World Mission By Vaughn J. Walston, Robert J. Stevens, pp. 69-72.