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Died 1984, London, United Kingdom Books I Believe in the Church, Be Filled With The Spirit, Discipleship, Jehovah Rapha: God who, Living Faith: Lessons f | ||
David watson evangelism
David Christopher Knight Watson (1933–1984) was an English Anglican priest, evangelist and author.
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- David watson evangelism
- David watson reconciliation
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Video works
- Biographical
- References
David watson reconciliation
Biography
Watson was educated at Bedford School (1940-1946), Wellington College (1946-1951) and St. John's College, Cambridge where he converted to Christianity. He became involved with the ministry of E. J. H. Nash by the invitation of David Sheppard, later to become Bishop of Liverpool. Watson noted: "Undoubtedly the most formative influence on my faith during the five years at Cambridge was my involvement with... 'Bash camps.' [...] It was the best possible training I could receive." He became a priest in the Church of England, starting his ordained ministry among the dock workers of Gillingham, Kent.
Watson's second curacy took him to the Round Church in Cambridge where the vicar was Mark Ruston. Around the same time, encouraged by Martyn Lloyd Jones, Watson sought the religious experience known as baptism in the Holy Spirit and began to speak in tongues.
Watson became curate-in-charge of St Cuthbert's Church, York in 1965, which was attended by no more than twelve at any service and was twelve months away from redundancy. Eight years later the congregation had out-grown St Cuthbert's and an array of annexes resulting in a move to St. Michael le Belfrey, York. Subsequently, the congregation grew to many hundreds in only a few years. As his ministry progressed, Watson was involved with missionary enterprises throughout the world and was a high-profile advocate of reconciliation and ecumenism in Northern Ireland. He met the Vineyard Leader John Wimber in 1980, and was one of the first people to welcome him to the UK. This encouraged the connection between Wimber and Terry Virgo of Newfrontiers that ensued. He left St. Michael-Le-Belfrey in 1982 for London.
Watson was a regular contributor to Renewal magazine, a publication of the interdenominational charismatic movement which started in the 1960s.
Watson died of cancer on 18 February 1984 after recording his fight with the disease in a book, Fear No Evil. John Gunstone remarked of Watson that "It is doubtful whether any other English Christian leader has had greater influence on this side of the Atlantic since the Second World War." J. I. Packer called him "one of the best-known clergymen in England".