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Operation Mobilisation Founder, George Verwer Dies
Operation Mobilisation Founder DiesGeorge Verwer, July 3, 1938 – April 14, 2023 George Verwer, the founder of Operation Mobilisation (OM), has died aged eighty-four. Born in New Jersey in 1938, George came to Christ as a teenager after he received a copy of the Gospel...
Death of Benedict XVI
Death of Benedict XVI Former Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI died on 31 December. He assumed office on 19 April 2005 and resigned due to ill health on 28 February 2013. He was the first pope since 1415 to resign from office and was designated Pope Emeritus in...
The Death of Bishop John Rodgers
Death of Bishop John Rodgers A Personal Reflection By the Very Revd Dr Paul Zahl Bishop John Rodgers died on the 23rd of November in Pittsburgh. He was 92 years of age. His wife of 61 years, Blanche, died in 2020. John was a mighty man of God. He never wavered,...
Brother Andrew Dies at 94
Obituary Brother Andrew Dies at 94 Anne van der Bijl, known more widely as Brother Andrew, “God’s Smuggler” died on 27 September 2022. He was 94 years of age. “Brother Andrew” became famous after he published his autobiography in January 1964. His work of getting...
Death of Bishop Brian Hanon
Death of Bishop Brian Hannon 1936-2022 The Rt Revd Brian Hannon, who had been Bishop of Clogher Diocese during the worst of the Troubles, died on 10 January. Bishop Hannon was 85. He was Bishop of Clogher from 1986-2001. The current Bishop of Clogher, The Rt Revd...
Desmond Tutu: 1931 – 2021
Desmond Tutu 1931-2021 Desmond Tutu, former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and fierce opponent of apartheid died on Boxing Day, 2021. He is survived by Leah, his wife of sixty-six years, and their four children: Theresa, Trevor, Mpho, and Naomi. He...
The Revd Melvin Tinker
The Revd Melvin Tinker 1955 - 2021 Many today are bewildered about the challenges that face faithful Anglicans. The death of the Revd Melvin Tinker, on 23 November 2021 should help us ponder our situation. For here was a minister — in the words of Kevin Vanhoozer the...
Death of LENORA HAMMOND
Lenora Hammond 1960-2021 Mrs Lenora Hammond, wife of Frontline Fellowship founder Dr Peter Hammond, died on 9 November. She was six days short of her sixty-first birthday. Frontline Fellowship is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. Mrs Hammond was born into a...
Bishop John Shelby Spong Dead at 90
Bishop John Shelby Spong Dead at 90 Former bishop of the Diocese of Newark in The Episcopal Church, John Shelby Spong died on 12 September. He was ninety years of age. Spong, known for his rude manner and ability to self publicise his heretical beliefs, had retired...
Death of Pastor Greg Haslam
Pastor Greg Haslam 1953 - 2021 Former Pastor at Westminster Chapel, Greg Haslam died on 21 August 2021 as a result of early on-set Alzheimer’s Disease. He became the minister at Westminster Chapel in 2002 and remained until he retired due to health issues in 2016. ...
John Blanchard
John BlanchardAuthor — Evangelist — Christian Apologist1932 — 2021 Well known Christian author, evangelist, and Christian apologist, John Blanchard has died. He was born in Guernsey and before the German invasion of the island was evacuated to Islay in the Hebrides....
The Revd Canon Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS
1930 - 2021 Physicist, theologian, and clergyman, John Charlton Polkinghorne died 9 March 2021. He was born on 16 October 1930. A lifelong Anglican, he was ordained deacon in 1981 and presbyter in 1982. In 2002, he received the Templeton Prize. Before returning to...
Prof. Robert E.L. Rodgers (1938 – 2021)
A native of Bangor Co. Down, ‘Bob’ Rodgers was raised by his grandmother, who gave him her own surname. He was converted at about 12 years of age through the instrumentality of an Aberdeen man, a visiting speaker at a local Brethren children’s work. After service in...