Lemuel Nelson Bell
Lemuel Nelson Bell (* 1894 in Longdale , Virginia ; † 1973 in Montreat , North Carolina ) was an American physician , missionary and co-founder of the magazine Christianity Today .
Life
Bell was born in Longdale, Virginia. At the age of eleven, he had a conversion experience . After training as a doctor at the Medical College of Virginia , he went to China as a doctor and missionary for the Southern Presbyterian Church for the next 25 years . In 1941, Bell returned to the United States and practiced as a doctor in Asheville . His conservative sentiment as a Presbyterian he gave a voice in the Southern Presbyterian Journal he founded in 1942 . Bell was instrumental in ensuring that the planned merger of the Southern Presbyterian Church with the Presbyterian Church in the USA was not carried out because it was too liberal in his opinion. With his son-in-law, Billy Graham , he founded the evangelical magazine Christianity Today , in which he published columns he wrote and served on the board of directors.
Individual evidence
- ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Bell, L (emuel) Nelson (1894–1973) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 66 (English).
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| SURNAME | Bell, Lemuel Nelson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bell, L. Nelson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American doctor, missionary, and co-founder of Christianity Today magazine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Longdale , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1973 |
| Place of death | Montreat , North Carolina |