Torrey Maynard Johnson

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Torrey Maynard Johnson (born March 15, 1909 in Chicago , Illinois , † May 26, 2002 in Wheaton , Illinois) was an American evangelical minister.

Life

Johnson studied at Wheaton College, Illinois and the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary . He then worked as a pastor at the Midwest Bible Church in Chicago . He used this position to make a name for himself in the evangelical movement. He gave his radio show Songs in the Night to Billy Graham in 1943 to begin youth evangelism the following year . The mission society Youth for Christ (YfC) developed from this initiative . When YfC was officially established in 1945, Johnson was elected the organization's first president. At Johnson's endeavor, Billy Graham was hired as an evangelist at YfC. In 1948 he handed over the presidency at YfC to Robert Cook. In 1953, Johnson retired from the field service at Midwest Bible Church to work as an itinerant minister . From 1968 to 1983 he directed the Bibletown Conference Center in Boca Raton .

literature

  • Todd Temple, Kim Twitchell: People who Shaped the Church: 20th Century. Tyndale House, Wheaton, Ill., 2000, p. 155.
  • Randall Herbert Balmer: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky., 2004, p. 367.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Johnson, Torrey (Maynard) (1909-2002). In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , p. 367 (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Torrey Maynard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American evangelical minister
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2002
Place of death Wheaton , Illinois