ilovedyoubeforeiknewyou: May 2017

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

A.W. TOZER

I love Tozer's insights!! Here are some that have been posted on Facebook by my FB "friends..."

Aiden Wilson Tozer was an American Christian pastor, preacher, author, magazine editor, and spiritual mentor. For his work, he received two honorary doctoral degrees. Tozer hailed from a tiny farming community in western La Jose, Pennsylvania. He converted to Christianity as a teenager, in Akron, Ohio; while on his way home from work at a tire company, he overheard a street preacher say, "If you don't know how to be saved... just call on God, saying, 'Lord, be merciful to me a sinner.'" Upon returning home, he climbed into the attic and heeded the preacher's advice.

Timeline

1918: A. W. Tozer married Ada Cecelia Pfautz in 1918.

1919: In 1919, five years after his conversion and without formal theological training, Tozer accepted an offer to pastor his first church.

1950: In 1950, Tozer received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Wheaton College.

1950: In May 1950, Tozer was elected editor of the Alliance Weekly magazine, now called Alliance Life, the official publication of the C&MA.

1952: In 1952, he received an honorary LL.D. degree from Houghton College.

1959: Tozer also served as pastor for 30 years at Southside Alliance Church, in Chicago (1928 to 1959), and the final years of his life were spent as pastor of Avenue Road Church, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.