Eldon Irving served in the ministry for forty-three years, the last twenty-eight years as senior pastor of First Christian Church in Duncanville, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.
Born in McAllen, Texas, Dr. Irving graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington. He received additional degrees from Yale University, United Theological Seminary, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, and did graduate study at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.