Richard C. Halverson

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Richard C. Halverson

Richard Christian Halverson (born 1916 in Pingree , North Dakota , † November 28, 1995 in Arlington , Virginia ) was an American clergyman in the Presbyterian Church and from 1981 to 1994 chaplain of the US Senate .

Life

Halverson was one of the founding members of the evangelical network The Family , which has organized the National Prayer Breakfast in the United States since 1956 . There he had been deputy executive director since 1956 and was particularly involved in the internationalization of the network, but in 1968 he helped in the USA, for example, in setting up the paramilitary Black Buffers as a right-wing response to the Black Panthers . Although he became managing director in 1965 after the resignation of Abraham Vereide , the founder of the network, his attempt to succeed Vereide as leader of the network ultimately failed; but he was still involved in the leadership of the movement alongside Douglas Coe .

In addition to Robert Pierce , Halverson was also a founding member and first Vice President of World Vision Inc. , one of the world's largest Christian aid organizations, in whose development and internationalization he was involved. From 1956 to 1983 he was a member of the board of directors of World Vision Inc., where he served as chairman from 1966 to 1983. As Vice President of World Vision he served there in the absence of Bob Pierce 1964/1965 as executive president. He was also acting president in the transition period after Robert Pierce stepped down in 1967 until Stanley Mooneyham was named president of World Vision in 1969. He was also president of the aid organization Concern Ministries Inc.

He received the post of US Senate chaplain in 1981 after Republican Mark Hatfield had convinced his Senate colleagues to elect Halverson to succeed Edward Elson . In March 1995 he passed the office of chaplain to Lloyd John Ogilvie .

Awards

In 1977 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Valley City State University and in 1994 he received the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award from the State of North Dakota.

Books

  • Relevance: The Role of Christianity in the Twentieth Century, 1968
  • A Day at a Time, 1974
  • Somehow inside of Eternity, January 1981
  • Timelessness of Jesus Christ, January 1982
  • Word of a Gentleman: Meditations for Modern Man, December 1983
  • Man to Man, January 1984
  • Living Fellowship, January 1986
  • No Greater Power: Perspective for Days of Pressure, August 1986
  • We the People, July 1987
  • Wisdom on Faith, April 1995
  • Wisdom on the Church, April 1995
  • Wisdom on America, December 1995
  • Wisdom on Life, December 1995

In addition, he attributed the introduction to:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New York Times : Richard Halverson, 79, a Senate Chaplain (December 1, 1995)
  2. ↑ D. Michael Lindsay: "Is the National Prayer Breakfast Surrounded by a" Christian Mafia "? Religious Publicity and Secrecy Within the Corridors of Power" Journal of the American Academy of Religion June 2006, Vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 390-419.
  3. ^ Sharlet, Jeff: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. New York: HarperCollins 2008, pp. 208-209, ISBN 978-0-06-055979-3 .
  4. ↑ For Halverson's contribution to The Family see z. B. "Records of the Fellowship Foundation - Collection 459" ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the archives of the Billy Graham Center (accessed March 11, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wheaton.edu
  5. ↑ Obituary: "TRIBUTE TO THE REVEREND DR. RICHARD C. HALVERSON" by US Senator Chris Dodd ( memento of the original from September 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / senate.gov
  6. ↑ Gary F. Vanderpol: The Least of These: American Evangelical Para Church Missions to the Poor, 1947-2005 Boston University School of Theology, 2010 (dissertation) (PDF; 1.6 MB) p.38
  7. ^ "Rev. Richard Halverson; Former Senate Chaplain" Obituary for R. Halverson in the Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1995
  8. ^ "Missionary Center Begun in Monrovia." Los Angeles Times, Oct 4, 1964, pp. H2
  9. ^ "A Secret Weapon Arms The Christian Soldier," The Miami News, Feb. 13, 1965, p. 5A
  10. ↑ http://governor.state.nd.us/awards/rr-gallery/halverson.html
  11. ^ "Washington Man Will Speak Here" Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1968, p. B8
  12. ^ Entry "Halverson Richard C (hristian)." In: Randall Balmer: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism, 2nd ed., Waco, Texas, Baylor University Press 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X .
personal data
SURNAME Halverson, Richard C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halverson, Richard Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American minister of the Presbyterian Church, chaplain of the US Senate (1981–1994)
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Pingree , North Dakota
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1995
Place of death Arlington , Virginia