Vernon Grounds

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Vernon C. Grounds (born July 14, 1914 in Jersey City , † September 12, 2010 ) was an American Baptist theologian evangelical.

Life

Vernon Carl Grounds was the youngest of the three children of the married couple John and Bertha Grounds. His father worked as an engineer for a railway company. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1937 with a bachelor's degree with honors . During his student days at Rutgers University, Grounds took part in anti-war rallies and sometimes toyed with the idea of ​​joining a humanist society. He also questioned the Lutheran beliefs he had inherited from his parents. In the summer of 1933, while visiting his homeland, Grounds attended a gospel concert by his former school friends. The subsequent discussion, in which he had taken part out of curiosity to gain an insight into the psyche of his devout friends, left Grounds with the feeling that they had had a decisive experience in their lives. The examination of Thomas Mann's educational novel The Magic Mountain and a book by James Orr entitled “The Christian View of God and the World” ultimately led Grounds to evangelicalism. From then on he supported the gospel choir in its youth evangelism as a speaker. In June 1939 he married Ann Barton, who accompanied the choir as a pianist.

From 1934 to 1945 Grounds was the pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle in Patterson, New Jersey. During this time he acquired the Faith Theological Seminary in Wilmington the Bachelor of Divinity . From 1945 to 1951 he was the dean and professor of theology and apologetics at the Baptist Bible Seminary in Johnson City, New York . In 1951 he became the dean of Denver Seminary . From 1956 to 1979 he was its President, after his retirement he remained the "President Emeritus" and Chancellor . In 1960, Grounds completed his PhD at Drew University, which he had started twenty years earlier.

Appreciation

Grounds has published several books, hundreds of articles for Christian magazines, was a writer on Christianity Today, and contributed to Our Daily Bread , an evangelical Bible reading plan . He received honorary doctorates from Wheaton College and Gordon College in recognition of his work as a university professor. He stood up for social engagement and again drew the attention of the evangelical movement to social responsibility.

Works

  • The Reason of Our Hope (1945)
  • Evangelicalism and Social Concern (1968)
  • Revolution and the Christian Faith (1971)
  • Radical Commitment: Getting Serious About Christian Growth (1984)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Passing of Dr. Vernon Grounds. Denver Seminary, archived from the original on March 19, 2012 ; accessed on March 19, 2012 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Bruce Shelley: Biography of Dr. Vernon Grounds. Denver Seminary, September 14, 2010; archived from the original on March 19, 2012 ; accessed on March 19, 2012 (English).
  3. ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Grounds, Vernon C (arl) (1910-) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 313 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Grounds, Vernon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grounds, Vernon C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American evangelical theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Jersey City
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2010