Pilgrim Preachers
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The Pilgrim Preachers carried the Gospel all over Britain between 1919-1938/1941.
Contents
Founders
Alumni
- J.K. Braun - Zanesville, OH
- Malcolm Guthrie
- William Ewart Jones
- David Lawrence II (b. 1895 Treherbert, Wales - d. 1963 Jerome, IA) coal miner in Wales; m. Francis Edna Norris (b. 1893 Sioux City, IA - d. 1993 Corydon, IA)
- Thomas George Lawrence (b. 1905 Treherbert, South Wales - d. 1979 Winston-Salem, NC) coal miner in Wales; later (1931-1934+) pastor @ First Baptist of Slatington, PA; (1940) pastor @ Chester Ave Baptist Church of Philadelphia, PA
- Tom M. Olson - 1923
- Hayden Rees - 1920-1923; b. Treherbert, South Wales; pastor @ Zion Baptist Church of Girardsville, PA 1931-1935; grad. Eastern Baptist Seminary @ Philadelphia 1933; served with Pilgrim Preachers prior to 1931.
- Garnet Thomas
- Will Thomas
- William Thomas - from Toronto
- Ernest Woodhouse 1934+ (17 years old) commended from Birmingham, England
Ministry
1920's
1921
The movement inspired Moody Bible Institute to start the "American Pilgrim Preachers" eventually directed by Edward H. Page of Steuben, Maine, who resigned a pastorate at the Steuben Union Church in 1929 to join them, with the assistance of his wife and Lee Wilson.
Also See
General
- The Pilgrim Preachers' Chorus Book; Pickering & Inglis, 1923.
Ernest Luff
- He Dared To Believe: Life Story of Ernest Luff by Jean A. Rees; Worthing, 1958, 1963.
- God Has Resources: From The Pilgrim Preachers To The Ernest Luff Homes by Donald Bridge; Paternoster, 1982.
- 2010 merger of Ernest Luff Homes with Pilgrims' Friend Society
Percival Petter
Sources
- photo acquired by Albert Edgar (b. 1911 Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland - d. 1999 Winnipeg, MB), son of Robert Boyes Edgar (1875-1927) & Janet Elliot Edgar (1871-1946), founders of the Ashburn Cottage Gospel Hall, Scotland 1908-1927
- courtesy of Albert's daughter Janet Edgar Taylor of Niagara Falls, Ontario 8-20-2020
