Claim: After dropping out of law school, McCully began a ministry in the United States; then in the winter and spring of 1951, he and Jim Elliot shared a weekly Christian radio broadcast.
Evidence: Theophilus McCully (June 1, 1927 – January 8, 1956) was a Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four other missionaries, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Auca people, through efforts known as Operation Auca. In the fall of 1945, McCully enrolled in Wheaton College where he majored in business and economics. It was also at Wheaton where he met and became good friends with Jim Elliot. The biblical narrative of Nehemiah as well as his correspondence with Jim Elliot, who was making preparations to leave for Ecuador at the time, inspired McCully to consider missionary work. After dropping out of law school, McCully began a ministry in the United States. Finally, on September 22, 1950, the day before he was to register for his second year of school, he announced he would not be returning. In the winter and spring of 1951, he and Jim Elliot shared a weekly Christian radio broadcast. Wheaton College
(1945–49)
Marquette University Law School
(1949–50)
School of Missionary Medicine
(1951–52) Missionary