Original sentence: (4 November 1929 – 3 June 2008  ) was an American clergyman and author who was the founder of The Bible Speaks, Stevens School of the Bible, Greater Grace World Outreach, and Maryland Bible College & Seminary.He was also involved in a set of disputes between 2003-2005 that escalated to a separation of many of the affiliated congregations of Greater Grace World Outreach.One was a legal case regarding undue influence of an heiress to the Dayton Hudson fortune, Elizabeth (Betsy) Dovydenas.Stevens became a center figure in two major controversies.Stevens was an early pioneer of radio evangelism as the host of the Christian Radio Broadcast Telephone Time, which later became the Grace Hour
Edited sentence: (4 November 1929 – 3 June 2008  ) was an American clergyman and author who was the founder and former Pastor of The Bible Speaks, Stevens School of the Bible, Greater Grace World Outreach, and Maryland Bible College & Seminary.He was majorly involved in a set of disputes between 2003-2005 that escalated to a separation of many of the affiliated congregations of Greater Grace World Outreach.Stevens was an early pioneer of radio and television evangelism as the host of the Christian Radio Broadcast Telephone Time, which later became the Grace Hour