Paul Rader

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Daniel Paul Rader (born August 24, 1879 in Denver , Colorado , † July 19, 1938 in Los Angeles ) was an American preacher , hymn poet and pioneer of radio evangelism.

Life

Daniel Paul Rader was born in 1879 to a Methodist pastor family in Denver, Colorado. He found his Christian faith at a revival event in Cheyenne County, Colorado in 1888. He studied at the universities of Denver, Colorado, Puget Sound, Fayetteville, Missouri, and St. Paul, Minnesota . In 1904 he was pastor of a congregational church in Boston and in 1907 he moved with his family to Portland, Oregon . Disaffected by his beliefs, he changed his profession and became a businessman when he moved to New York City and devoted his free time to boxing. In New York, Paul Rader finally found his way back to his religiosity and joined the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). He took over the leadership of a parish in Pittsburgh and supported the C&MA as a vocal director. From 1915 to 1921 he led the Moody Church in Chicago and was President of C&MA until 1924. In 1920 he traveled with Robert A. Jaffray († 1945) as a missionary to China and devoted himself more and more to the writing of spiritual songs. His most famous hymn is entitled Only Believe and was set to music by Elvis Presley in 1970 . After Paul Rader resigned his pastoral office in Moody Church , he founded his own parish in Chicago in 1922 called Rader's Chicago Gospel Tabernacle . With the support of the Mayor of Chicago, he even set up his own radio broadcast for them and became known nationwide. He promoted the use of the radio for evangelistic purposes by helping to set up numerous broadcasts. His fame brought him into contact with the revival preacher Aimee McPherson , for whom he temporarily took over the direction of the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles in 1926 . Three years later he began his first world tour, followed by a second in 1930. In 1933 he used the Chicago World's Fair for evangelistic events before accepting the position of pastor in a parish in Fort Wayne . Paul Rader died in Los Angeles in 1938.

Hymns (selection)

  • All the doors on earth are open
  • Glorious is the gospel message
  • Jesus, my Savior, I would see
  • Only believe, only believe
  • The price that Christ paid for me
  • The river of thy grace is flowing free

literature

  • Randall Herbert Balmer: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism , Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas, 2004
  • Tona J. Hangen: Redeeming the Dial: Radio, Religion, and Popular Culture in America , University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2003
  • Bob Lochte: Christian Radio: The Growth of a Mainstream Broadcasting Force , McFarland & Co., Jefferson, North Carolina 2006

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Spencer Leigh: Elvis Presley: Caught in a Trap . McNidder & Grace 2017.
  2. ^ Bob Lochte: Christian Radio: The Growth of a Mainstream Broadcasting Force . McFarland & Co., Jefferson, North Carolina 2006, p. 26.
  3. ↑ Roy Weremchuk: THUS Saith the Lord? , Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2019, p. 529 f.
personal data
SURNAME Rader, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rader, Daniel Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American preacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1938
Place of death Los Angeles , California