That's DOCTOR George Verwer

OM founder George Verwer will be receiving an Honorary Doctor of Divinity tonight and tomorrow from Biola University. You can watch the commencement services live at Biola's site. Tonight's ceremony is for those earning graduate degrees (6pm PDT), tomorrow morning's is for undergrads (9am PDT). George will be the commencement speaker at both ceremonies.

Biola announced they are honoring George Verwer "for his work as a leader in global missions". Honorary degrees at Biola "are awarded by formal action of the Board of Trustees on recommendation by the university president to recognize individuals who have a clear evangelical Christian testimony and have demonstrated significant service and achievement over an extended period of time, which is national or international in nature and is relevant to the mission of Biola University".

That certainly defines our founder's legacy, and we are thrilled to see him honored in this way. However, we're positive that the newly titled Dr. Verwer will still insist you call him George.