Don Argue

Don Argue (* 1939 in Winnipeg ) is an American evangelical minister and past president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE).

Argue graduated from the Central Bible Institute in Springfield . He also successfully completed studies at Santa Clara University and the University of the Pacific . He then went on to lead evangelism at Teen Challenge in New York City , a Pentecostal youth movement . He later worked as a pastor in various churches in San José and Morgan Hill . After serving as a pastor at Evangel University in Springfield, he became the principal of North Central College in Minneapolis in 1979 . On December 13, 1994, he was elected managing director of the NAE in an open vote and took up the position on April 1, 1995. During his tenure, Argue tried to loosen the connection of the approximately 43,000 evangelical congregations to the religious right and to build closer relationships with other evangelical churches, including the Mainline Church .

Argue tried to revitalize the work of the NAE and thereby counteract the fragmentation within the evangelical movement. He also worked for racial reconciliation within the evangelical movement. Argue left the NAE in 1998 to become President of Northwest University in Kirkland , of which he has been Chancellor since 2007.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Argue, Don (1939-) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 31 (English).