Kerry Shook is an American minister, best selling author, and senior pastor of Woodlands Church in the Woodlands, Texas. Born in on 6th November 1962 he attended Klein High School in Spring, Texas. He graduated form Baylor university, in Waco, Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Fort Worth. Kerry is married to Chris and they have 4 children. Kerry and Chris Shook founded Woodlands Church, formerly Fellowship of the Woodlands, Texas in October 1993. They started with a vision to reach to reach families in their community with uplifting music, a friendly atmosphere and a relevant message , that can be applied to your life. Woodlands church has grown on 3 locations in now a mega-church with over 18,000 in weekly attendance. ( Read ‘What we believe’ sheets In 2005 Kerry began broadcasting his message on local television stations. beginning with KTBU Channel 55 in Huston. Other stations were quickly added. Today they are on Daystar and other channels Today Kerry Shook Ministries is a worldwide television ministry to inter/national audience with broadcasts reaching 50 USA states and 200 countries world wide. The promotion material suggests to tune into THE BEST HALF HOUR OF THE WEEK ( See Daystar sheet) Both Kerry and Chris have written books. Together in 2008 they wrote *One Month to Live:a No-Regrets Life which became a New York Times Best-Seller. They lost their grandson Jude after just one day. In 2020 they wrote a book explaining the impact this had on this family’s lives. The Gift of One Day (See book review). They also write a daily devotional video. ( See video sheet) Kerry and Chris continue to God’s work, Sources daystar Kerry Shook Ministries wikipedia

Rueben Archer Torrey was an American evangelist, pastor, educator and writer. He was a superintendent at the Bible Institute of the Evangelization Society (BIES) (now Moody Bible institute). He later became their second president. Reuben was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of a banker. He graduated form Yale University in 1875 and Yale Divinity School in 1878. Rueben in the same year became a minister in Garrettville, Ohio. In 1879 he married Clara Smith (Swift?) and they had 5 children. He studied Theology at Leipzig and Erlangen Universities from 1882-3. In 1889 he joined Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work in Chicago and became superintendent of BIES (1889-1908). (For information about the Moody Bible Institute see notes) In 1894 he became pastor at Chicago Avenue Church (now the Moody Memorial Church) (1894-1906). In 1898 Reuben served as chaplain with the YMCA at camp Chickamauga during the Spanish American War’ 1902-3 he preached in nearly every part of the English speaking world. 1903-5 with Charles McCallon Alexander, a song leader, he conducted revival services in Great Britain and visited China, Japan, Australia and India. 1905-7 campaigned in American and Canadian 1908 Reuben founded the Montrose Bible Conference i Pennsylvania. Many well known Christian leaders frequently gathered at the 3,000 seat tabernacle. He remained a guiding hand of the conference for the rest of his life. (What started as a 10 day summer Bible has expanded into a a year round multi- faceted conference, camp and Retreat center 1912-1924 he served as Dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (BILA)( now Biola University) where he was recognized as a leader in the field of Christian education. He contributed to the BIOLA publication The King’s Business. ( See ’ History and Heritage’ and ‘Forgotten Founder’) In WW1 he acted as chaplain at Camp Bowie - a POW camp in Texas. 1915-24 he served as the first pastor of the Church of the Open Door, Los Angles. He was one of the 3 editors of the The Fundamentals which gave its name to ‘fundamentalism’. (Read excerpt from ’ The Untold Story of the Fundamentals’) The church and BILA both grew rapidly under Reuben’s leadership. After 12 years at BILA he became restless to devote his time fully to evangelism. He resigned his positions to hold evangelistic meetings and to speak at conferences throughout the USA. Reuben held his last evangelistic meeting in Florida in 1927. Additional meetings were cancelled because of his failing health. He died on 26th October , 1928 at home in Ashville, North Carolina. Reuben had preached throughout the world and written 40 books. He was 72 when he died. ( 'Torrey's Life Timeline' shows important dates and events ) Sources Biola University Moody Bible Institute Wikipedia

Wanda Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Moore (born 16th June 1957, nee Green) is an American evangelist, author and Bible teacher. She is the founder of Living proof Ministries, a Bible based organization for women based in Houston, Texas. The ministry focuses on helping women who desire to model their lives on evangelical Christian principles. At the age of 18 Beth sensed God calling her to work for him. She made it her goal to say ‘yes’ to whatever he asked. Beth earned a degree in political science from Southwest Texas State University, where she pledged and was initiated into Chi Omega. Beth married Keith Moore in 1978. After years of of developing homework for those attending her Bible Study classes she realized she had a ministry. In 1993 she self- published her first book - Things Pondered. 1994 she founded Living Proof Ministries with the purpose of teaching women to know and love Jesus through the study of Scripture. With the help of a worship band she assembled, she began holding weekend conferences around the country.(She recently celebrated over 20 years of * Living Proof * conferences.) By the late 1990s women were packing sports arenas to hear Beth. She earned speaking slots at big named churches. A publishing career followed which further magnified her influence. Beth was the first woman to have a Bible study published by ‘Life way’ -the Christian retail giant, and has since reached 22 million women - the most among female authors. Beth was flying home from a ministry event in October 2016 when she decided to compose tweets to her 900,000 followers. The tweets changed her life. Betty Green in an article published in October 2018 entitled The Tiny Blond Bible Teacher Taking on the Evangelical Machine gives a lot insight into the problems Beth has as a female evangelist. The article was written after Beth had sent tweets - a few short messages - to her followers having glimpsed headlines about Donald Trump’s comments on the now infamous Access Hollywood tape. (Read her tweets) Pastors took to the airways to defend Trump. The tweets upended Beth’s cheerful feminine world. Some women stopped reading her Bible studies. Event attendance dropped. Having interviewed Beth, Betty now went to one of Beth’s events. For this intimate gathering, 5,000 - numbers down on arena size crowds she used to speak at. *Moore worked the room in stiletto boots, greeting strangers as old friends… Women ran down the aisle of the auditorium, eager to claim their salvation, weeping as they threw their bodies on the ground. Moore walked slowly among them as it in a trance, pausing to rub a back or whisper a prayer. Betty goes on to say that events which have followed - the accusations of sexual harassment by male Christian leaders against females have embolden Beth. She now speaks her mind freely. ( Read the full article) Beth regrets that she let others dictate her place in the community. Sources The Atlantic Wikipedia

Henry Allen ’ Harry’ Ironside was a Canadian -American Bible preacher, theologian, pastor and author who pastored Moody Church from 1929-1948. Harry was a twin. When he was born they thought he was dead. His sister, Sophia, was seriously ill so they concentrated on her. 40 minutes after his birth a pulse was detected and they resuscitated him. Date 14 October 1876. From a very young age he showed a strong interest in Christianity. When the family moved from Canada to Los Angeles, California on 12th December 1886 the new church had no Sunday School. Aged 11 he started his own. With his new friends they sewed old burlap bags together and made a tent big enough to hold 100. Harry became their teacher. Attendance averaged 60 children and a few adults each week. In 1888 Dwight I. Moody came to preach at Hazard’s pavilion - it held 4,000 people. Harry dreamed of preaching at such a gathering but in 1889 evangelist Donald Monro came and told Harry he was nor ‘born again’. For 6 months he gave up Sunday school. February 1890, aged 13, he accepted Christ.I rested on the Word of God and confessed Christ as my Saviour. He returned to preaching. Teased by his schoolmates he was determined in his mission to win souls. When he left school in the daytime he worked full time at a photography studio: at night he preached at Salvation Army (SA) meetings. Aged 16 he preached full time and a Commissioned Lieutenant in the SA… He preached 500 sermons a year around Southern California. Aged 18,his gruelling schedule took his toll on his health and he entered Beulah Rest Home to recuperate In 1896, aged 20, he moved to San Francisco and again associated with the Plymouth Brethren. While helping at Henry Varley meetings he met and married pianist Helen Schofield. His mother died in 1898. 1900 family moved to Oakland (1900-29). He resumed a nightly preaching schedule. 1903 accepted his first East Coast preaching invitation. Established Western Book and Tract Company (1914-192 ?) Preached almost 7,000 sermons to 1,25 million listeners (1916-1929). 1924 he began to preach under the direction of the Moody Bible Institute. 1926 turned down full time faculty position at Dallas Theological Seminary but became visiting lecturer (1925-43) 1929 preached at Moody Church in Chicago. Invited to serve a trial for one year, he stayed (1929-1948). Preached nearly every Sunday with 4,000 auditorium filled to capacity. In 1938 toured G.B. , preached 142 times to crowds of 2,000+. 1942 became president of Africa Inland Mission In 1948 Harry and Helen their celebrated golden wedding anniversary. They had 2 sons Edmund Henry and John Schofield. Helen died 1st May 1948 He married Annie Turner Hightower 9th October 1949 Following eye surgery he toured New Zealand. 15th January 1951 Harry died there, aged 74. And the beggar died also Source used Wikipedia

Robert Dick Wilson was an extraordinary American linguist and Presbyterian scholar who devoted his life to proving the reliability of the Hebrew Bible. In his determination to prove the accuracy of the original manuscripts he learned the 45 languages into which the Scriptures had been translated into up to 600 AD. These included Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek He was a brilliant language student. While still a student he could read the New Testament in 9 languages. Wikipedia sets up chronologically the universities he graduated from:- Princeton Humboldt, Berlin and the universities he worked in:- Western Theological Seminary ( now Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) (1883-90 Professor of the Old Testament Princeton )1990-1920+) William Henry Green professor of Semitic languages and O.T Criticism Westminster Theological Seminary. (1920+ -?) Aged 25 he estimated that he would live to about 70 (he actually lived to be 74). He decided for the first 15 years he would study every language that had a bearing on the Old Testament (OT) - he mastered 45 The next 15 years to studying the text of the OT - he looked at every consonant -about 1.25 million of them (Hebrew has no vowels) The Bible was amazingly precise The following 15 years he spent his time writing down the results of his long research. The result was *A Scientific Investigation of the Old Testament (1926). Robert wrote, after 45 years research, that he could confidently affirm '*we are scientifically certain that we have substantially the same Old Testament test that was in the possession of Christ and the apostles and so far as anybody knows , the same as that written by the original composers of the Old Testament documents. ’ * Occasionally God gives His church a man of unusual gifts, deep piety and true insight E.J. Young Richard died at the age of 74. Bible students are indebted to him for the masterful work he did in helping confirm the credibility of the Old Testament. Christian Courier Sources used Christian Courier Princeton Theological Seminary Trinity Book service wikipedia

Oswald Thompson Allis was an American presbyterian theologian and Bible scholar. He was born on 9th September 1880 in Wallingford, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. ( His future wife- Julie Waterbury- was born on the same day.) He was raised in the family home at 1604 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. In 1929, nearly 50 years later, this same location was to serve as the ’ cradle’ for the newly formed Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS). Degrees earned AB from University of Pennsylvania 1901 BD from Princeton Theological Seminary 1905 AM from Princeton University 1907 PhD from University of Berlin 1913 Role and Places he worked Instructor in Semitic Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary (1910-22) Assist, Prof. of Semitic Philosophy ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ (1922-29) (Reorganization of Princeton Seminary placed modernists in control of the school and prompted the resignations of Gresham Machen, Oswald Allis, Robert Dick Wilson and Cornelius van Til. They left the prestige of Princeton to stand for the truth of the Bible. They knew that theological compromise would harm the spiritual power of the church. In 1929 Machen founded a new school- Westminster Theological Seminary- with senior faculty members from Princeton.- classes began that autumn.) ( Read ‘The Heroic Stand of our Founder’) Professor of Old Testament History and Exegesis at Westminster TS (1929=30) Professor of Old Testament at ‘’ TS (1930=36) Oswald retired from his teaching post. Independently wealthy he was able to devote the rest of his life to research and writing. Apparently he lectured at Columbia Theological Seminary 1946 Oswald was the editor of The Princeton Theological Review from 1918-1929 and the Editorial Correspondent for The Evangelical Quarterly 1929=1973 (until his death) He wrote several books. The most notable were Prophecy and the Church (1945) and God Spoke to Moses (1951). It is the painstaking and thorough accuracy of Dr. Allis in whatever he does, that causes his students to marvel. We watch him unravel the intricacies of Hebrew syntax, and his patience is a constant example and inspiration to us. (1931 promotional information for WTS) Sources The Princeton Theological Review This Day in Presbyterian History Wikipedia

Harry R. Jackson Jr. is an American Christian preacher and Pentecostal bishop who serves as the senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland. founded the Christian Hope Center. He is the Presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches (ICEC) He is the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition(HILC) and also co-founder of the Reconciled Church initiative (RCI). Harry was raised in Cincinnati. He became involved in political activism as a child with his mother Essie. I was a black kid at Country Day who stayed in the houses of wealthy white people. He attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts where he played football. He had a tryout with the New England Patriots but did not make the team In 1973 his family moved to Washington D.C. area and eventually settled in Silver Spring, Maryland. After graduating from Williams College with a B.A. he got a high level executive job at Republic Steel and admitted to Harvard business school (MBA). He married his wife, Michele, in 1976. The death of his father caused Harry to become a Christian minister The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he preached in the inner city. He took a job at Corning Glass (now Corning Incorporated) and preached in his spare time. He founded the Christian Hope Center. *We really broke racial barriers for a black man pastoring white people in 1981 His work in Corning attracted attention and he was recruited to Bltsville, Maryland to take over Hope Christian Church. He is now the presiding bishop of ICEC which *seeks to offer a clear, concise, and uncompromising voice to address the most pressing issues of our day primarily those relating to righteousness & justice. The founder and chairman of (HILC) which is composed of ministers who actively promote socially conservative causes. Plus the co-founder of RCI. which seeks to bring racial healing to the church and America. He states firmly that same-sex marriage and abortion are morally wrong. In the late 1990s he gained national recognition through his columns in Charisma magazine in which he frequently wrote about abortion and gay marriages ( See ‘Activism’) He has authored several books. One of his recent books is *Personal Faith Public Policy (See middle para of SHOP the WORD for more title). He has appeared on many television channels and been featured in the newspapers and other media outlets. He shares a weekly message on Praise 104.1FM and a daily radio program The Harry Jackson Show on a stream. Bishop Harry Jackson has two grown-up daughters and resides in Maryland. Sources Harry Jackson Ministries The Harry Jackson Show SHOP the WORD.com Wikipedeia

Carl Fredrick Wisloff was a Norwegian theologian and Christian preacher. He started the Credo Student Magazine in 1933.He spent 15 years as professor of church history at MF Norwegian School of Theology (1961-79). He joined the executive committee of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in 1959 and was president (1967-79). He is regarded as among the most important lay preachers in 20th century Norway. Carl was born in Drammen but grew up in Sarpsborg. He graduated with a cand.theol. degree in 1931. In 1958 he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis The Gift of Communion. In 1932 he became a priest at Vaterland. He was also the first secretary of the Norges kristelige student - og gymnasiaslag From 1948-60 he chaired the organization. In 1940 appointed vicar in Birkenes. In 1947 he was hired to head the the priests’ seminary at MF Norwegian School of Theology. Carl retired as a professor in 1975. He wrote a number of preaching books. In 1946 he published jeg vet pa hvem jeg tror ( I know in Whom I Believe) which the newspaper Dagbladet recognized in 2008 as being among the 25 most influential prose books inpost-1945 Norway. In 1978, on his 70th birthday, he was rewarded with 2 Festschrifts Carl, aged 95, died on 25th June 2004, following a short illness. On his 100th anniversary, 2008, his memory was commemorated by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission. Sources used n0wiki.org Worldcat identities Wikipedia

Timothy J. Keller is an American pastor, theologian and Christian apologist. He is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (RPC) in New York City. He is the chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City , which trains pastors for ministry in global cities. He is co-founder of The Gospel Coalition* and founder of Hope for New York. He is also author of some of The New York Times bestselling books. Tim was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He has degrees from;- B.A. Bucknell University (BN) 1972 M.Div Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) 1975 D.Min Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) 1981 Tim became a Christian while studying at BN through IVC Fellowship and became a staff member. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He served as a pastor at West Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Hopewell, Virginia for 9 years. At the same time he was director of church planting for PCA and on the faculty at WTS where he and his wife, Kathy, were involved in urban ministry. The church planting involved looking at the needs of New York. Although working at WTS he continued to commute to New York and joined the prayer meetings at RPC. Tim was recruited by PCA to start RPC in 1989. He lacked experience but succeeded after 2 others had turned it down. His congregation of 50 in 1989 grew to over 5,000 each Sunday by 2008. This led to some calling him the most successful Christian Evangelist in the city Over the next 28 years RPB exploded in size and influence! In 1992 RPC founded Hope for New York. its mission was to mobilize volunteer and financial resources to support non-profit organizations serving the poor and marginalized in New York City Tim is co-founder of The Gospel Coalition (2005) a group of reformed leaders from around the USA. He is chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City (CTC) which starts new churches in New York and other global cities, and publishes books and resources for ministry in an urban environments. For 28 years he led a diverse congregation of young professionals that grew a weekly attendance of over 5,000. (Read the 5 pages Redeemer History - Redeemer Churches and Ministries) On 1st July 2017 Tim stepped down from his role as senior pastor of RPC to concentrate on CTC . This will enable him to teach and mentor church planters and seminary students full time in a joint venture with Reformed Theological Seminary’s (RTS) , the City Ministry program June 2020 Tim was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Tim will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians. * Christianity Today* Sources Hope for New York Wikipedia

Harold John Ockenga was a leading figure of mid-20th-century American Evangelism. He was part of a reform movement known as 'Neo-Evangelicalism '. He was a Congregational minister and for 33 years was the pastor of Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1950 his church was involved in Billy Graham’s first evangelical crusade and as a result he became chairman of Christianity Today until 1981. He helped to found the Fuller and Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminaries. He also founded the National Association of Evangelicals. He was a prolific writer on many religious topics. Harold was born on 6th June 1905 and raised in Chicago. His father had German ancestry and his surname is East Frisan. His mother took him to Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church where aged 11 he became a member. As a teenager he had a sense God was calling him to the ministry In 1927 he graduated from Taylor University, a Methodist institution in Indiana, and enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS). He left in 1929 to go to the new Westminster Theological Seminary where he graduated from in 1930 and earned a PhD degree in 1939. (Many tutors and students left PTS during the ‘fundamentalist-modernist controversy’ - Princeton had became too liberal .) While studying at Pittsburgh University he met and married Audrey Williamson in 1935. His pastoral work began with 2 Methodist churches in New Jersey. In 1931 he became an assistant at the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. In the same year he was recommended as pastor at Point Breeze Presbyterian church. In 1936 he became first associate, then pastor, at Park Street Church (PSC) (1936-69). His congregation thrived during his pastorate as he exercised considerable talents as a preacher, evangelist, leader and and organizer. Harold delivered many sermons which later formed the substance of various books he wrote. (See ‘Works’ for list of books) Harold was very much an evangelical reformer and leader. He was the founding president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) (1942-4) He was the founding president of Fuller Theological Seminary established in 1947. When he retired from PSC he took over the presidency of GCTS (1970-9). He had been involved in the late 1960’s of the merger of Gordon Divinity School and Conwell School of Theology. Information on the Neo - Evangelical Movement begins with this statement: The NEM was a response among orthodox evangelical Protestants to the Separatism of fundamentalist Christianity beginning in the 1930s. (Read on) Harold died of cancer on 8th February 1985 He was a giant among giants. I thank God for his friendship Billy Graham

Amzi Clarence Dixon was a Baptist pastor, Bible expositor, and an evangelist who was popular during the late 19th/early 20th centuries. With R.A. Torrey he edited an influential series of essays , published as The Fundamentals (1910-5) which gave Christian Fundamentalism its name. Amzi was born near Shelby, North Carolina on 6th July 1954. His father was a Baptist preacher. He was converted while his father was preaching in 1865 and baptized the next year. While still young he believed he had been called to preach. Career In 1875 he graduated from Wake Forest College, North Carolina. He immediately began to serve as a pastor of 2 country churches. 1874-5 pastor of Baptist churches in North Carolina 1876-9 studied at Southern Baptist Seminary and attended University of North Carolina and pastored there 1879-82 pastor at Asheville, North Carolina 1982-90 pastor at Immanuel Baptist church in Baltimore, Maryland 1986 received doctorate from Washington and Lee University 1890-01 pastor at Brooklyn, New York often rented Opera house on Sunday services 1901-06 pastor in Boston , Massachusetts taught at Gordon College (See notes) published *Old and New * 1905 attended the first Baptist World Congress in London 1906-11 pastor at Chicago Avenue Church, Illinois. (1908 change of name to Moody church) became syndicated columnist for 3 local papers 1911-19 pastor at Metropolitan Tabernacle (MT) in London ( He followed the great Charles Spurgeon into the pulpit) 1910-15 edited with R.A. Torrey* The Fundamentals* a very influential series of 90 essays initially published in 12 volumes ( See notes) often spoke at large Bible conferences 1919 retired as pastor of MT 1919-21 lectured at Los Angeles Bible Institute and in China & Japan 1922 first pastor of University Baptist Church Baltimore, Maryland He was a staunch advocate of Fundamentalist Christianity during its developmental period. His preaching was often fiery and direct. The papers of Amzi number approx, 6,100 items and stored in 30 archival boxes and 4 scrapbooks. (Read Scope and Content Note) Personal Life Married Susan Mary (Mollie) Faison in July 1880. They had 5 children. Susan died on 6th August 1922 in China while attending conference with husband. Towards the end of his life he had chronic back pain to the extent he suspended his service at University Baptist church. He died of a heart attack on 14th June 1925. Sources used Amzi Clarence Dixon Papers wikipedia

Edwin Masao Yamauchi is a Japanese-American historian, a Christian apologist, editor and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University where he taught from 1969-2005. He is a former president of the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR) . He is a founding member of the Oxford Bible Fellowship church in Oxford, Ohio. He has written books on Christian History and often contributes articles to Christian periodicals, He was raised as a Buddhist. He was educated at Iolani Episcopal school. He was first exposed to evangelism in 1952 when he was invited by a classmate to attend Kalihi Union church. In his senior high school year he worked on a missionary farm called Christian youth center. He studied languages at the University of Hawaii before transferring to Shelton college, Ringwood, New Jersey to study Biblical languages - earned a B.A… He then went to Brandeis University to earn a M.A. and Ph.D. He immersed himself in 22 different languages including Arabic, Akkadian, Coptic and Hebrew. He taught for a time at Shelton College before becoming an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University. He the received his professorial appointment at Miami University in 1969 where he stayed until his retirement in 2005, 36 years. Throughout his career he has been a supporter of the Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship, especially on the University campus in Miami. He is a founding member of the Oxford Bible Fellowship (0BF) church in Oxford, Ohio. The dream of OBF is to be a church where every person can experience real change. (Read OBF * Our Culture *) He has given presentations of the Easter Story in various universities including Cornell, Yale and Princeton. He is a member and official of the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR). It an organization of scholars devoted to the research of the Bible. For 6 years he was president of IBR (1983-9) He has written a number Biblical books and essays and contributed material to Christianity Today . He contributed commentaries on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the * Expositor’'s Bible Commentary and in the NIV Study Bible.* His expertise includes Ancient History, O.T. and N.T., Early Church History, Gnosticism and Biblical Archeology. He has written about the relevance of the discovery of, and the controversial claims, about the Dead Sea Scrolls, for New Testament studies. (See ‘Select Bibliography’) In the 1970’s he was a prominent critic of the late Morton Smith’s interpretation of an Apocryphal text known as the Secret Gospel of Mark. For his work he has been rewarded with 8 fellowships. Edwin has also appeared in various television documentaries concerning the life of Christ. He is a modern day Christian academic of the highest order. Sources used. Amazon Oxford Bible Fellowship Miami University Wikipedia

Frederick John William Lambart, 8th Earl of Cavan He played a part in the formation of the Evangelical Alliance with Sir Culling Eardley. The Alliance was founded in 1846 to promote evangelical Christian beliefs in government, media and society. He was born on the 30th December 1815 in his parent’s house in Hampshire. England. His father, who had been severely wounded during the Peninsular War, in the battle of Talavera, died when his son was 12/13 years of age. He went to Eton College from 1829-33. He was simply known as Lambart. Aged 17 he was placed in the 7th Dragoon Guards, joining the regiment in Cork under Colonel Clark. In 1835 his quarters were changed form Carlow to Dublin. In 1836 posted to Walsall, Staffordshire. He secured a Bible in Dublin in 1835 and religion began to play a part in his life. On 24July 1938 he married Caroline Augusts Littleton. It was about this time, after the death of his grandfather he succeeded to the title and impaired estates. They were married for just under 50 years and had 5 children. From 1844, until his death in 1887, some 43 years, he was a member of the Open Plymouth Brethren. (See notes on Plymouth Brethren) In 1846 he went to Torquay and played a part in the formation of the Evangelical Alliance (EA). He is nor mentioned among the founders. EA based in London with offices in Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast. (See notes on Evangelical Alliance) With his Bible in one hand and his eyeglass in the other, confidence in the Lord gave power to what he spoke*I am only a plain man, but I speak what I know.** H e was an evangelist from the heart and spoke just what burdened sinners needed. Lord Cavan’s testimony was a message from God. His special interests were biblical prophecy. He often preached on Christ’s expected second advent. He and the countess took a special interest in the village of Milton near Weston-super-Mare. He erected a mission room where he often conducted services and they were generally well attended. He presided over the Friday prayer meetings. He had very little connection with Ireland except by title until, in middle life, a small and entangled estate unexpectedly fell to him. He exchanged it for a property on the island of Achill. By his efforts a substantial little pier was built and a steamer service established. For several years they spent time there amongst them. Frederick died on 16th December 1887, aged 71, in Somerset.England. His last words were We need no more doctors;the Lord standeth at the door Sources used Wikipedia

Charles Simeon became a leader among evangelical churchmen and was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1799. He also helped found the *London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews * (LSPCAJ) in 1809. He also established what is now the *Charles Simeon Trust. Simeon was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1759 and baptized the same year. He studied at Eton College and was an undergraduate from 1779 at King’s College Cambridge. One Easter, while at King’s, he experienced a Christian conversion In 1782 he became a Fellow of King’s College and was ordained a deacon and graduated B.A. in 1783. He began as a minister as deputy to Christopher Atkinson at St. Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge. He then received the living of Holy Trinity, Cambridge in 1783. Technically it was a curacy. He was appointed, under the age of 23, as a curate-in-charge for the bishop. Initially John Hammond was preferred by the congregation. Services were disrupted and he was insulted in th e streets. But Simeon stayed (1783-1836) there for the rest of his life and eventually had a crowded church. He gained influence among the under graduates of the university. He taught, young priests in training Theology and preaching technique, at discussion parties hosted in his College room in the Gibbs building. They were inspired by his dynamic preaching at St. Edward’s, Great St. Mary’s and Holy Trinity churches. They used his published 100s of sermons ,or skeleton of sermons, when drafting their own- to some an invitation to clerical plagiarism! He became a leading evangelical churchman and was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society ( now called Church Mission Society -see notes). He also help found LSPCAJ) (now known as the Church Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ - see notes.) He established the Charles Simeon Trust to encourage perpetuate evangelical clergy in the Church of England parishes. It continues to operate to this day. ( See notes- sorry about poor print). In 1809 the British East India sought his advice of choice of Chaplains for India. His main piece of work was a commentary on the whole Bible -Horae homileticae. Charles died on 13th November 1836, aged 77. He was buried on the 19th in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. His influence and authority extended to the most remote corners of England. His real sway over the Church was far greater than that of any Primate… Thomas Macaulay- historian *One of the greatest and most persuasive preachers the Church of England has ever known * John Stott- evangelist Sources used King’s College Cambridge Simeon’s Trustees and Hyndman’s Trustees Wikipedia

Dr. Jack MacArthur was an American pastor who is best remembered as the founder and host of Voice for Calvary radio and television ministries. He was also the founder and pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Burbank. He was a conference speaker, author, church planter and father of Dr, John F. Macarthur. He was born in Calgary on 30th March 1914. He had a boyhood desire to experience his father’s faith which grew into a lifelong devotion to preaching God’s Word. He earned degree in theology from Los Angeles City College Eastern Theological Seminary. A Litt.D. from Los Angeles Pacific College (now Pacific University). He received an honorary D.D. from Bob Jones University. 25th June 1937 he married Irene, they had 4 children. His radio ministry Voice of Calvary began broadcasting on 28th June 1942. He felt the call to reach beyond his church to share God’s Word. Jack hosted the radio program until he died (1942-2005). In the final months of Jack’s life his messages were archived and sent to The Master’s Seminary library. Since then many have been broadcast by the Voice of Calvary family who kept the ministry alive. The radio program was finally closed in October 2020. The archived programs will be a resource for future generations of seminary students. Voice of Calvary was sponsored & adapted as a television broadcast( 1956-83). On finishing seminary he accepted the pastorate at Manchester Baptist Church in Los Angeles. He also travelled as an evangelist, preaching at many city and union campaigns throughout USA, Canada and Europe. He served as director of evangelism for Charles F. Fuller Foundation and field evangelist for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Pastor at Fountain Avenue Baptist Church (1948-52) Pastor at First Baptist Church of Downey (FBCD) (1952-4) November 1954 Jack and his staff left FBCD to found the independent, nondenominational *Harry Macarthur Memorial Bible Church of Glendale - (named after his father). Renamed Calvary Bible Church when they moved to, Burbank. Jack was senior pastor there for 50 years. It is still a thriving congregation. He wrote a number of books (See ‘Amazon’) Jack preached for 70 years. From the age of 19 he preached almost every week until poor health force him to stop a few month before his death. He was a Biblical Expositor. He influenced many other preachers to preach the Word faithfully, helping to stem the tide when evangelical preaching was becoming more and more gimmicky and less Bible centered. His faithful advocacy of biblical teaching may prove to be the most important and far reaching legacy of a very full and fruitful ministry. *Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them Revelations 14 v13 pyromanic

John Vernon Mcgee was an American ordained Presbyterian minister, pastor , Bible teacher, theologian and radio minister. He is remembered particularly for his Thru the Bible radio and television programs. He was born in Hillsboro on 17th June 1904 to itinerant parents. John. his father. died from a cotton gin accident when he was 14. On his death the family relocated to Tennessee. He worked as a bank teller before entering the ministry. He earned a B.Div degree from Columbia Theological Seminary. He earned Th.M and Th.D. from Dallas Theological seminary. His former bank manager paid for his education through seminary… 18th June 1933 he was ordained at the Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee John’s first church was in midway, Georgia. he then served Presbyterian churches in Decatur, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; Cleburne, Texas. In Cleburne he met and later married Ruth Inez Jordan. In 1941 they moved to Pasadena, California when he accepted the pastorate at Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian (LAP) church. They had 2 children , both girls. The first baby was born prematurely and died within hours of being born. It was at LAP he started radio broadcastings with Open Bible Hour a one hour weekly program. In 1949 it was expanded to a daily half-hour slot and renamed High Noon Bible Class, He became pastor of the Church of the Open Door (COD) in Los Angeles (LA) in 1949 and stayed until he retired in 1970. In 1949 he worked with Billy Graham at Christ for Greater LA Campaign. In 1952 he was asked by John Brown, owner of KGER radio station ( now KLTX), to take over a radio program started in 1950 by Harry Rimmer -listeners would send in questions what were answered on he air. 1967, about 20 years after he first started to broadcast, John began broadcasting the Thru the Bible Radio Network program. In a systematic study of each book of the Bible he took his listeners from Genesis to Revelations in a 2.5 year ‘Bible bus tour’ as he called it. He had earlier preached a ‘Through the Bible in a Year’ at COD. When he retired in 1970 he devoted his remaining 18 years to the TBB Radio network, lecturing & chairman of Bible Institute LA . He realised that 2.5 years was not long enough to teach the whole Bible so he completed another study of the entire Bible which would take his listeners 5 years to complete. Today (TTB) is aired in 100 languages and broadcast to the world every weekday. The continued success of the long running TTB program has been attributed to his oratorical abilities, folksy manner, distinctive accent, as well as his insistence on maintaining the original mission, which was to spread the Scriptures with consistency of message. Today pastors and follow-up teams in over 160 countries are using the TTB materials in serving their people’s spiritual needs. 1st December 1988 he *fell asleep in his chair and quietly passed into the presence pf his Savior. * Source TTB

Leith Anderson is president emeritus of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor emeritus of Wooddale church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, after serving as senior pastor from 1977 - 2011. He was born in Bloomfield , N.J. in 1944 where his father, Charles William Anderson, was pastor at Brookdale Baptist church. He went to the same church as Charlene Lillian Alles. They started dating when he was 15. They married in 1965 and had 4 children. Diploma and degrees earned Moody Bible Institute, Chicago diploma Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois B.A. in Sociology Denver Seminary MD Master of divinity Fuller theological seminary DM Doctor of Ministry He also received 3 honorary doctorates. During his seminary studies he served as a youth pastor at Calvary Church, Longmont, Colorado. After graduation he became senior pastor there for the next 10 years. He continued to study and became an adjunct professor of pastoral homiletics at Denver Seminary. In 1977 he became senior pastor at Wooddale church. in suburban Minneapolis. In 1984they moved to a new building in Eden Prairie because the congregation was now in its 1000s - one of the larger churches in the state and region. While at Wooddale church he nationally syndicated radio programs ’ Faith Matters’ and ‘Faith Minute’. ’ Faith Matters’ - a 30 minute weekly program -was launched in 1997. Relaunched in 1999 as a 2 minute program ‘Faith Minute’. It can be heard in cities across America and around the world. ( Read notes of ‘Faith Matters’) Wooddale planted 9 daughter churches. Leith retired after 35 years as senior pastor on 31st December 2011. While pastoring he wrote book (20) and articles on biblical themes and taught in numerous seminary doctoral programs. He was also a frequent speaker at inter/national conferences and served on a number of boards He was interim president of Denver seminary from 1999-2000. From 2001/3 he was the interim president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) when it faced organizational stress. He filled the role again in 2006. He then became the elected president for terms extending through to 2019 when he announced his retirement from the position. As NAE president he frequently gave advice on briefs, news conferences and interviews and connected religious leaders across the USA and internationally… Priority was given to issues relating to religious freedom, immigration policies, evangelical biblical theology and values,social justice and engaging in evangelism, humanitarian services and cultural influence. He served on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith based and Neighborhood partnerships In 2019 he was named to the Founder’s Chair of World Vision International. Sources Christianity Today NAE Wooddale Church Wikipedia

Nicky and Sila Lee are the founders of the Organization Relationship Central - and umbrella organization for The Marriage Course which started in 2005. Nicholas Knyvett Lee is an English Anglican priest and author. He serves as associate vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in the Diocese of London. He studied English at Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied theology and prepared for ordination in the Church of England at Cranmer Hall, Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1985, then priest in 1986. He was curate, then associate vicar HTB, now one of the largest Anglican churches in the U.K. In 2016 he became a Prebendary at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. Aged 18 he met his wife at Swansea Docks while waiting for a ferry to Ireland. They married in 1976 and have 4 children. Nicky and Silva in 2005 designed The Marriage Course. It was designed to help couples build strong foundations, learn to communicate effectively and resolve differences. As of 2012 it has been translated into 40 languages and running in 109 countries. As of 2016 it was translated into 46 languages and running 7,000 separate courses in 127 countries. it has been adapted for the British Army. The suite of courses have now expanded to include :- The marriage preparatory Course The Parenting Children Course Te parenting Teenagers Course. As of 19th May 2020 The marriage Course is Now Free!

John Fullerton Macarthur Jr is an American pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio and television program** Grace to You. He has been the pastor/teacher of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California for 51 Years (1969-2020). He notably edited the MacArthur Study Bible He is also the chancellor emeritus of The Master’s University in Santa Clarita, California and the Master’s Seminary in Los Angeles, California. John was born in Los Angles on 19th June 1939. His grandfather and father were both ministers. degrees and colleges Fundamentalist Bob Jones University (FBJU) 1957 B.A. Los Angeles Pacific College (LAPC) -1959 M. Div Talbot Theological Seminary (TTS) 1963 D.D. Grace Graduate School (GGS) 1976 D.D. Talbot Theological Seminary (TTS) 1977 In 1969 after graduating from TTS he came to Grace Community Church. (GCC). The emphasis of his pulpit ministry is the careful study and verse-by-verse exposition of the Bible with special attention to the historical and grammatical background behind each passage. During the early days of his ministry the church congregation doubled in size every 2 years. In 1971 The Family Center was built. In 1977 a new Worship Center. Today GCC two morning worship services fill the 3,000 auditorium to capacity. In the week several 1000s of members participate in fellowship and training programs. 2008 av. weekly attendance 8,258. In 1969 he founded the Grace to You ministry. He is both th chairman and featured host/teacher It is a nonprofit organization responsible for developing, producing and distributing John’s books, audio resources and the radio and television programs. The radio program is aired 1000 times a day. The television program is a weekly half hour slot on DirecTV in the USA. All of his 3,000 sermons are available for free on their website. ( See adverts for radio and TV) In 1985 John became president of The Master College (2016 The Master’s University) - a distinctly Christian accredited Liberal institution. In 1986 he founded The Master’s Seminary, a graduate school dedicated to training men for full-time pastoral or missionary work. He now serves as chancellor emeritus for both of them He has written 100s of study guides and books. Most notably ‘MacArthur Study Bible’ ( 1 million copies sold). (See 4th par of ‘The Master’s Seminary’ for partial list) Christianity Today acknowledged John as one of the most influential preachers of his time. Sources GCC Wikipedia

Aiden Wilson Tozer was an American Christian pastor, author, magazine editor and spiritual mentor. Aiden liked to be referred to as Tozer. He was born into poverty, he came from a tiny farming community in Western la Jose, Pennsylvania and was self educated. He taught himself what he had missed in high school and university. He was converted to Christianity as a teenager in Akron , Ohio when he overheard a street preacher say ,If you don’t know how to be saved… just call on God, saying, Lord be merciful to me a sinner.** He went up into his attic and heeded the preacher’s advice His future mother-in-law Mrs Pfautz helped him progress rapidly in the things of God. He married Ada Cecelia Pfautz and they had 7 children- 6 sons and a daughter. In 1919, 5 years after his conversion he accepted an offer to serve as pastor of his first church. This began his 44 years of ministry associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), a Protestant Evangelical denomination. ( C&MA read ’ Alliance World Fellowship’) He pastored in several different congregations before he became pastor of Southside Alliance Church in Chicago (1928-59). The congregation grew from 80 to 800. 100’s of people, especially nearby college students, flocked to his services. In 1941 they had to build larger facilities. His final years, 1959-63, were spent at Avenue Road Church, Toronto, Canada. Tozer was known for his sermons. Prayer was of vital importance to him. His preaching as well as his writings were extensions of his prayer life.* His lively imagination and descriptive powers gave force and vividness to his presentations. He spent hours meticulously producing sermons that could be described as being majestic and profound. He was able to express his perceptions in a beautiful simple, forceful manner. His approach to preaching captivated the congregation with superior language and phrases and his splendid voice and diction. Instead of shouting he used crisp, precise, climatic sentences. His voice was quiet but the sermon penetrated the soul* In May 1950 Tozer was elected the editor of Alliance Weekly magazine (now Alliance Life). It was a position he held until his death in 1963. From 1951-9 Tozer’s ministry enlarged when WMBI, the Moody radio station, broadcast a weekly program originating from his church study. More than 60 books bear his name. many of which were compiled after his death. At least 2 are regarded as classics The Power of God and The Knowledge of the Holy. Tozer died on12th May 1963 of a heart attackin Toronto. he was buried in Ellet Cemetery, Akron. Ohio. The simple epitaph marking his grave reads A.W. Tozer - A Man of God He had the ability to make his listeners face themselves in the light of what God was saying to them. James I. Snyder - his biographer Sources Alliance magazine Amazon WikiTree Wikipdia