Born and Raised in Michigan, Randy Nelson attended University of Washington in Seattle, and received BS degrees in physics and Oceanography and on MBA in Finance. He has taught a variety of Bible studies by Precept Ministries, and from 2003 to 2010 he served multiple times as a short-term missionary in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. From 2010 to 2015 he was a missionary to Lugoj, Romania.
