Norman Grubb

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Norman Percy Grubb (born August 2, 1895 in London , † December 15, 1993 in Washington (Pennsylvania) ) was a British evangelical missionary and co-founder of the evangelical Inter-Varsity Fellowship (today: Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship ), one at universities and higher education network of students, faculty, and other supporters in the United States.

Norman Grubb fought in the British Army in World War I and then studied at Trinity College (Cambridge) . Before graduating, he traveled to the Belgian Congo in 1920 with his wife Pauline, a daughter of the cricketer and evangelical missionary Charles T. Studd , where he worked as a missionary for ten years. In 1931 he returned to London to take the place of his late father-in-law as the presidency of the World Evangelization Crusade (now Worldwide Evangelization for Christ - WEC International ). In the more than 30 years up to his retirement, he expanded this mission company into a company with over 1000 employees. He also wrote numerous books, first of all a biography of his father-in-law.

Grubb was close friends with Abraham Vereide , the founder of The Family , and wrote his biography Modern Viking: The Story of Abraham Vereide, Pioneer in Christian Leadership , which, however, was mainly intended for private distribution among Vereide's followers and accordingly has strong hagiographic features .

Works

  • Abraham Vereide - a Viking of our time . Christian publishing house, Constance 1964
  • The 4 pillars of the WEK. WEK-Verlag, St. Gallen 1965
  • Charles T. Studd. No sacrifice too big. Brunnen , Gießen 1969. (1986. ISBN 978-3-7655-3808-7 ; 1992. ISBN 978-3-7655-3165-1 ; 1997. ISBN 978-3-7655-3165-1 ; 2014. ISBN 978- 3-7655-4243-5 )
  • Karl T. Studd: Front fighters of God. Brunnen, Giessen 1969
  • Karl T. Studd: Faith in the attack. Series: Witnesses of the Present God No. 204. Brunnen, Gießen and Basel 1974. ISBN 978-3-7655-0235-4
  • Intercession changes the world. From the life of Intercessor Rees Howells. Herold 1981

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jeff Sharlet: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power . New York: HarperCollins 2008, p. 399, ISBN 978-0-06-055979-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Grubb, Norman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grubb, Norman Percy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British missionary and founder of the Evangelical Inter-Varsity Fellowship
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1993
Place of death Washington, Pennsylvania