Charles Templeton
| Charles Templeton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Charles Bradley Templeton October 7, 1915 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | June 7, 2001 (aged 85) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Parkdale Collegiate Institute |
| Occupation | Communications |
| Notable work | Farewell to God |
| Spouse(s) | Constance Oroczy 1939–1957 Sylvia Murphy 1959–unknown, Madeleine Helen Stevens Leger 1980–2001 |
| Children | Michael, Deborah, Bradley and Tyrone Templeton |
Charles Bradley Templeton (October 7, 1915 – June 7, 2001) was a Canadian cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author. He was born and died in the same city, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His early education was at Parkdale Collegiate Institute.
At age 17, during the Great Depression, Chuck Templeton (as he was then known) got his first job as a sports cartoonist for The Globe and Mail.
In 1936, Templeton converted to Christianity and became an evangelist. In 1941, Templeton founded the Avenue Road Church of the Nazarene, in Toronto, in a building that formerly housed a Presbyterian congregation, where he served as senior pastor despite his lack of formal theological training. The Avenue Road Church of the Nazarene congregation eventually became affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination, and its name was changed to Bayview Glen Church. During the Second World War, Templeton was assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force based at Dorval, Quebec and began his association with the United Church of Canada (see below) as an attendee of the local Strathmore United Church.
In 1945 Templeton and Torrey Johnson of Chicago, Illinois met with a number of youth leaders from around the United States at Winona Lake, Indiana. Their agenda was to form a working group that would become an organization known as Youth for Christ which was born in 1946. Torrey Johnson was elected as its first president and Billy Graham was hired as the first full-time evangelist. Shortly afterward, Graham and Templeton made an evangelistic tour of western Europe, frequently rooming together, and holding crusades in England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden and other countries.
...
Wikipedia