Donald Gee

Donald Gee (* 1891 in London ; † 1966 ) was a Bible school teacher and formative clergyman of the Pentecostal movement .

Life

Donald Gee was born in London where he converted to Christianity at Finsbury Park Congregational Church in 1905 and eventually decided to join Pentecostalism in 1913. Gee took on the pastor's position in a suburb of Edinburgh , which has grown significantly under his leadership. In 1928 Gee accepted an invitation to Australia and New Zealand to work as a Bible school teacher. His position as a Bible school teacher enabled him to give lectures worldwide. Gee tried to avoid doctrinal arguments and tried to adopt a conciliatory attitude. Gee saw the aspiring Pentecostal Church as a worldwide phenomenon, which in his opinion should not be limited to one country. For this reason he organized various international conferences, which should lead to a transnational understanding of the Pentecostal churches. Gee published numerous books and became the editor of the Pentecost in 1947 .

Alongside David Johannes du Plessis, Gee is considered to be a pioneer of the gradual rapprochement between the Pentecostal Church and the ecumenical movement , which was initially rejected as an instrumentalized "world church" until the 1960s.

Individual evidence

↑ Randall Herbert Balmer: Gee, Donald (1891-1966) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 284 (English).
^ Marco Frenschkowski: Pentecostal Movement / Pentecostal Church . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 6 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , Sp. 1234 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gee, Donald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bible school teacher, formative clergyman of the Pentecostal movement
DATE OF BIRTH	1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	1966

[1] Randall Herbert Balmer: Gee, Donald (1891-1966) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 284 (English).

[2] Marco Frenschkowski: Pentecostal Movement / Pentecostal Church . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 6 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , Sp. 1234 .