Dale Rhoton (January 30, 1938 – N/A) was an American preacher, missionary, and co-founder of Operation Mobilisation (OM), whose ministry focused on global evangelism and Bible distribution. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, to a family that later moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, he was led to faith in Christ at age 17 by his older brother and grew through a Christian and Missionary Alliance church youth group. He attended Maryville College in Tennessee, where he met George Verwer, and after two years transferred to Wheaton College, earning a B.A. and an M.A. in New Testament Studies. Rhoton’s preaching career began in 1957 when he, Verwer, and Walter Borchard made their first mission trip to Mexico, distributing Christian literature, laying the foundation for OM. In 1961, he pioneered OM’s work in Turkey, marrying Elaine Thomas in Ankara that December, and later established the Greater Europe ministry in 1964, inspired by Richard Wurmbrand to smuggle Bibles behind the Iron Curtain. He directed OM’s ship ministry, serving as director of MV Doulos (1979–1981) and managing director of the ships’ headquarters in Mosbach, Germany (1984–1999). Author of books like Can We Know? and Logic of Faith, he preached widely, emphasizing total commitment to Jesus, and continues to influence OM from Shell Point Retirement Community in Florida, where he moved with Elaine in 2021. Married with a family, he remains active in mission advocacy.