Alfred Howard Carter

Alfred Howard Carter (born January 3, 1891 in Birmingham , England , † January 22, 1971 in Springfield (Missouri) ), also known as Howard Carter , was an English clergyman and a pioneer of the US Pentecostal movement .

The Crown Mission

Carter was born in Birmingham . He was the founder of the first Pentecostal Bible school in England. In 1913, a mission company called Crown Mission began its work in the city, of which Carter would shortly afterwards. From 1916 Carter became involved in another Pentecostal congregation, so that he gave up his profession in order to devote himself exclusively to the management of the two churches.

Imprisonment

During the First World War he was detained in jail in Wormwood Scrubs for refusing military service on grounds of conscience after he was in Princetown WorkCentre in the former prison of Dartmoor . During this time, Carter claims to have received the revelation of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit . His teaching, which is based on a biblical passage according to 1 Cor 12 : 8-10 EU , is still today the predominant teaching on the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the predominant Pentecostal beliefs.

From September 4, 1918 to June 11, 1919, he was a "brother" of the Wallingford Farm Training Colony , a facility operated by the National Union for Christian Social Service and a kind of reformatory for boys run by the Boards of Guardians had been classified as difficult to educate.

Hampstead Bible School

In 1921 Carter was appointed to lead the Hampstead Bible School . He should only hold this post temporarily until a suitable person for the position is found. Ultimately, Carter stayed in charge for more than 27 years. Under his leadership the school grew so rapidly that a nearby house had to be bought and the existing Bible school was supplemented by two more. Carter took his Bible School work so seriously that he would not accept any donation from the school unless the donations were labeled for him by name.

Assemblies of God

Carter was later one of the founding members of the Assemblies of God in Great Britain and Ireland. There he was first deputy chairman from 1929 to 1934, then from 1934 to 1945 chairman of the board of directors.

retirement

Carter left Hampstead Bible School in 1948 and moved to the United States , where he eventually married Ruth (Fisher) Steelberg. She was the daughter of Elmer Kirk Fisher, founder of the Upper Room Mission in Los Angeles . She was previously married to Wesley Rowland Steelberg, who was Superintendent of the Assemblies of God USA and who died in 1952 while on a trip to Wales. Carter spent the rest of his life in the United States. Until his death in Springfield in 1971, Carter traveled extensively as a preacher.

Lester Sumrall

Carter and Lester Sumrall first met in Eureka Springs , Carter around forty and Sumrall twenty. The two became friends and from then on traveled the world together as missionaries preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ . Sumrall reports in his books "Adventuring with Christ" and "Pioneers of Faith" about Carter, and in his book "The Gifts and Ministries of the Holy Spirit" he also explained Carter's teaching of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit .

Works

Questions and Answers on Spiritual Gifts

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lester Sumrall: Pioneers of Faith . Harrison House, 1995, ISBN 0-89274-742-0 .
^ Howard Carter: A Man of Whom The World Was Not Worthy. (No longer available online.) Jonas Clark, archived from the original on March 27, 2008 ; Retrieved March 8, 2008 (English): "Howard Carter was born in Birmingham, England in 1891. His British father married his mother a descendant of French nobility. Growing up Howard Carter had a speech impediment and suffered much embarrassment in school. Even with speech therapy he still had difficulty throughout his life pronouncing r's. Still, Howard had a passion for study and a love for art. He entered art school where he studied portraiture and life drawing. At twelve his work was displayed in the London Gallery of Art. "
↑ Questions and Answers on Spiritual Gifts. (No longer available online.) Harrison House, archived from the original January 25, 2007 ; accessed on March 8, 2008 (English): “Howard Carter pioneered a quest for revelation of this supernatural subject and was regarded as an authority on the gifts of the Spirit. He founded England's first Pentecostal Bible School and helped to establish a major denomination in that country. “ Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Howard Carter's Story. (No longer available online.) Brother Mel, archived from the original on October 6, 2008 ; Retrieved on March 8, 2008 (English): “Prison was a difficult test and trial, but rather than causing him to lose faith in God, it drove him closer to God. And God honored Carter's convictions, by visiting him in prison. God began revealing to Carter deep truths concerning the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. "
^ Register of Brothers, Turners Court Youth Trust Archive, Oxon County Record Office
^ Keith Malcomson: Pentecostal Pioneers Remembered .
↑ John Nelson Parr: Incredible (published by the author, Fleetwood, Lancs., England, 1972), Chapters 6 and 7, and Appendix A. ( Online )
^ David D. Bundy: The new international dictionary of Pentecostal and charismatic movements . Ed .: Stanley M. Burgess. Zondervan Pub. House, Grand Rapids 2002, ISBN 0-310-22481-0 , Carter, Alfred Howard.

personal data
SURNAME	Carter, Alfred Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Carter, Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English clergyman and pioneer of the US Pentecostal movement
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham , England
DATE OF DEATH	22nd January 1971
Place of death	Springfield, Missouri

[pof-1] Lester Sumrall: Pioneers of Faith . Harrison House, 1995, ISBN 0-89274-742-0 .

[2] Howard Carter: A Man of Whom The World Was Not Worthy. (No longer available online.) Jonas Clark, archived from the original on March 27, 2008 ; Retrieved March 8, 2008 (English): "Howard Carter was born in Birmingham, England in 1891. His British father married his mother a descendant of French nobility. Growing up Howard Carter had a speech impediment and suffered much embarrassment in school. Even with speech therapy he still had difficulty throughout his life pronouncing r's. Still, Howard had a passion for study and a love for art. He entered art school where he studied portraiture and life drawing. At twelve his work was displayed in the London Gallery of Art. "

[3] Questions and Answers on Spiritual Gifts. (No longer available online.) Harrison House, archived from the original January 25, 2007 ; accessed on March 8, 2008 (English): “Howard Carter pioneered a quest for revelation of this supernatural subject and was regarded as an authority on the gifts of the Spirit. He founded England's first Pentecostal Bible School and helped to establish a major denomination in that country. “ Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[4] Howard Carter's Story. (No longer available online.) Brother Mel, archived from the original on October 6, 2008 ; Retrieved on March 8, 2008 (English): “Prison was a difficult test and trial, but rather than causing him to lose faith in God, it drove him closer to God. And God honored Carter's convictions, by visiting him in prison. God began revealing to Carter deep truths concerning the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. "

[5] Register of Brothers, Turners Court Youth Trust Archive, Oxon County Record Office

[6] Keith Malcomson: Pentecostal Pioneers Remembered .

[7] John Nelson Parr: Incredible (published by the author, Fleetwood, Lancs., England, 1972), Chapters 6 and 7, and Appendix A. ( Online )

[Pent._Dict.-8] David D. Bundy: The new international dictionary of Pentecostal and charismatic movements . Ed .: Stanley M. Burgess. Zondervan Pub. House, Grand Rapids 2002, ISBN 0-310-22481-0 , Carter, Alfred Howard.