Ben Michael "Mike" Carter was a Renaissance man who loved writing. He authored six theology books and a novel. He also wrote for magazines, journals, and newspapers, as well as poetry reviews. He earned a BA in economic history from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, an MA in theological studies from Wheaton College, Illinois, an MTh from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, UK, and a PhD in history of Christianity in the non-Western world from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. He was a member of the Irving chapter of the Texas Poetry Society, the American Scientific Affiliation, and the Evangelical Theological Society. He was married to Salma Carunia from Dohnavur Fellowship of Amy Carmichael, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, South India.