Donald Gee

Donald Gee (1891–1966) was an English Pentecostal Bible Teacher. Donald wrote the book Wind and Flame, which is the story of Pentecostalism in Europe in the 20th century. He was called "The Apostle of Balance."

Donald Gee was born in London in 1891. His father died of tuberculosis when he was nine.

In October 1905, Seth Joshua, the Welsh revival preacher, was invited to Donald’s church to hold a mission. Joshua had a great influence upon the young Evan Roberts and the Welsh Revival, but from the mission in London only three were saved, Donald Gee being one of them. He then became a member of the same Congregational church. Later his mother joined the Baptist church.

At Pentecostal prayer meetings he met a Baptist minister who was pastoring a divided church. Half wanted to go the way of Pentecost and half resisted this strongly. When the organist resigned hoping to cause problems, Donald offered his services and so joined this divided church. Soon those preferring a Pentecostal experience followed Pastor Saxby out into a new Church. Of this man’s ministry Gee says “the first seven years of my Pentecostal experience were spent under the powerful influence of a pastor who was a shining example of his office.” It was under this ministry that he made his first attempts at testifying and preaching. The First World War had started in 1914, but in 1916 conscription was introduced. Gee registered immediately as a conscientious objector, and went to work on a dairy farm in Buckinghamshire. The next three years prepared him for ministry. He was a social outcast; most often he worked to the point of utter physical exhaustion, and the Gees continued tithing with little to live on. After a year they moved to a second farm (Pophleys) where the farmer (Henry Simmons) was a believer. Nearby was a small mission hall with simple earnest believers. The Gees joined this group, with Donald often preaching on Sunday nights concerning the coming of the Lord and Pentecostal experience. Their home was used for ‘Tarrying’ meetings, where believers sought and received the Baptism with the Holy Spirit. When the War ended in 1918, he returned to London, now twenty-seven years old, with his wife and two children.

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