James Gordon Lindsay (1906-1973) Christ for the Nations Institute

James Gordon Lindsay was revivalist preacher, author and founder of Christ for the Nations Institute.
Christ for the Nation Institute (CFNI) is the educational arm of the ministry Christ for the Nations Inc. founded by the Lindsays in July 1970.

James was born on 18th June 1906 in Zion City Illinois. His parents were followers of John Alexander Dowie a famous healing evangelist.(See notes)
They moved from Zion to a Christian community in California, then onto Portland Oregon.

James was converted during a meeting led by Charles Fox Parham. Aged 18 he began his ministry as a travelling evangelist, conducting meetings in Assembly of God churches and other Pentecostal groups.

He developed a friendship with John G. Lake who started the Divine Healing Mission in Spokane, Washington, Portland and Oregon. He travelled with Lake on healing campaigns in California and the southern states. He eventually became a pastor of a Foursquare Gospel church(es) in California but returned to Oregon where he married Freda Schimpf.

When WW11 (1939) broke out he became pastor at Ashland, Oregon.

By 1947 he had heard and met William M. Branham who was having a significant healing ministry. He resigned as pastor and became Branham’s campaign manager. To promote the campaign he began the revival magazine Voice for Healing (VofH) in April 1948.
The magazine listed Branham as publisher, James as Editor. In July Branham announced he was stepping away from the revival circuit! This was a blow to James who had just begun revival publications to cover Branham’s meetings.
Other evangelists -Jack Coe, Oral Roberts and A. A. Allen began to appear in the magazine as it circulated nationwide.
VofH sponsored a convention of healing evangelists in Dallas, Texas and Kansas City in 1950
VofH named changed briefly to World-Wide Revival, finally in 1968 called Christ for all Nations.

Gordon began to sponsor missions programs abroad. He started a radio program and with W.A. Raiford the Full Gospel pf Churches and Ministries International (FGFCMI) or The Fellowship (1948) ( See ‘The Fellowship’)

During 1956 he conducted winning the nations crusade, sending teams of ministers all around the world.

In 1962 Gordon held a convention in Dallas.

In July 1970 Gordon and his wife, Freda, founded CFNI which is the educational arm of the ministry Christ for the Nations- it has 5 facets. it is an interdenominational charismatic college located in Dallas, Texas. (See CFNI)

Gordon was a prolific writer. In 1950 he wrote William Branham: A man sent from God. He wrote articles for VofH magazine. He published over 250 volumes of historical and doctrinal books on the healing revival movement plus pamphlets.

Gordon died suddenly on 1st April 1973, aged just 66.

The wonderful ministry he started was carried on by his wife and family. ‘Mom’ Lindsay died on 26 th March, 2010 aged 95. Their son David is the current president of CFNI.

Sources
Wikipedia