Ern Baxter

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William John Ernest (Ern) Baxter (* 1914 in Saskatoon ; † July 9, 1993 ) was a Canadian clergyman of the Pentecostal movement .

Life

Baxter was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Province . He grew up in a Presbyterian community. When his parents joined the Pentecostal Movement, Baxter initially refused to accept his parents' new style of belief, but then joined the Pentecostal Movement in 1932 after being baptized in the Holy Spirit and having experienced speaking in tongues . After a job with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada , he became the pastor of the Evangelistic Temple in Vancouver . From 1947 to 1954, Baxter worked with William Marrion Branham , an evangelist and healing preacher , whose campaigns he organized in Canada before separating from him because of theological differences.

In the 1960s, Baxter turned to the charismatic movement, which was still being established at the time, and became friends with Dennis J. Bennett , the pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Seattle . In 1974 he met the head of the Christian Growth Minstries , Bob Mumford, during a conference and then moved to Fort Lauderdale to work as a director in this organization, known as the Shepherding Movement , until 1984 .

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Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Randall Herbert Balmer: Baxter, (William) (John) Ern (est) (1914-) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 62 (English).
  2. ↑ Roy Weremchuk, THUS Saith the Lord? , Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2019, page 500.
  3. ^ New Wine Magazine, Florida, Dec. 1978, pp. 22-24.
  4. ^ S. David Moore, Shepherding Movement , T&T Clark International, New York, 2003, pp. 36-37.
personal data
SURNAME Baxter, Ern
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baxter, William John Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian Pentecostal minister
DATE OF BIRTH 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1993