John Dawson (preacher)

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John Dawson (* in New Zealand ) is a Christian fundamentalist preacher. He is co-founder of the worldwide offensive missionary organization Youth With A Misson .

John Dawson is a member of the evangelical associations Aglow International women's movement , the March for Jesus International , Youth With A Mission International, and the International Reconciliation Coalition .

He was the founding director of Youth With A Mission-Los Angeles and was later until 1997 its "International Director of Urban Missions". This network of approx. 3,200 evangelists and social workers works for the organization in the "300+ world-class" cities in over 100 countries. Since September 2003 he has been "International President" of Youth With A Mission.

Dawson has written several theological books, including Taking Our Cities for God , which has sold 400,000 copies .

He is married and has four kids.

theology

Dawson represents an evangelical-combative theology. As YWAM President he said: "God wanted us to learn to fight. Man belongs to a warlike race [...] Battles are won in times of war through strategic troop connections. The soldiers do not attack individually. They follow a plan the army commander draws up using a large map and a lot of information. "

Publications

Individual evidence

  1. John Dawson . call2call , archived from the original on January 31, 2016 ; accessed on April 18, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  2. Peter Wensierki: War against demons. The mirror 41/2001. Retrieved January 31, 2016.