David Pawson

John David Pawson (1930-2020) was an evangelical minister, writer and prominent Bible teacher based in the U.K.

He was not afraid of tackling the controversial topics. All he wanted people to do was to read the Bible for themselves.

He was born in the northeast in England. His parents were H. Cecil and Jean Pawson.
His father was head of Agriculture at Durham University and Vice President of the Methodist conference.

From childhood he had always wanted to be a farmer but by the time he had completed a B.Sc. in Agriculture at Durham University he felt God was calling him into full-time Christian ministry. He studied for an M.A. in theology at Wesley House, Cambridge. On graduating he joined the Royal Air Force as a chaplain and served in Aden

When he left the RAF he served as a Methodist minister. He found he was uncomfortable with infant baptism. Following a doctrinal meeting of the Methodist church he volunteered to leave the denomination.

Shortly afterwards he became pastor of Gold Hill Baptist church in Buckinghamshire.

Later he moved to Guildford Baptist Church, Millmead, which helped design. Here he established a reputation amongst the evangelicals and charismatics as a Bible preacher. He began to create teaching tapes for the church’s sick and elderly members- these tapes became popular world wide. Under his ministry Millmead became one of the largest Baptist churches in the U.K…

David left Millmead in 1979 and began an itinerant worldwide Bible teaching ministry. His ministry, predominantly through seminars for church leaders, took him to Asia, Australia, Africa, England, Europe and the USA.

MILLIONS of copies of his teachings have been distributed in more than 120 countries. He was a writer and speaker with a reputation for urgency, clarity and uncompromising faithfulness to the Scriptures. he wrote over 80 books.

His extensive and accessible overviews of the books of the Bible have been published and recorded in Unlocking the Bible, available on CDs, DVDs and YouTube.

Steve Dally worked alongside him during his last ten years. In 2013 he was still preaching at events across the globe. David now in his mid 80’s had a mini stroke and was found to have advanced prostate cancer which had spread to the bones but he fortunately was not in significant pain. As his public appearances became fewer he worked on making his teaching accessible online.

David died on Ascension Day, 21st May 2020 aged 90.

David is considered to be one of the world’s finest biblical expositors

*All he wanted was for people to read the Bible for themselves.
Steve Dally

Sources used
Wikipedia this includes summaries of 10 of his books
Christian News

Read Not as bad s the truth -David’s autobiography