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Encyclopedia > David Watson (evangelist)


David C K Watson (1933-1984) was an English Anglican priest, evangelist and author. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...


Watson was educated at Wellington College school and St. John's College, Cambridge where he converted to Christianity. He became an ordained minister in the Church of England, starting work among the dock workers of Gillingham, Kent. Wellington College, Berkshire, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, which was granted its royal charter in 1853. ... Full name The College of Saint John the Evangelist of the University of Cambridge Motto - Named after The Hospital of Saint John the Evangelist, Cambridge, named after John the Evangelist Previous names - Established 1511 Sister College Balliol College Master Prof. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Gillingham is a town in Kent in the United Kingdom, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. ...



Watson became Curate-in-Charge of St. Cuthbert's, York in 1965 which had a congregation of just 6 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. 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 left St. Michael-Le-Belfrey in 1982 for London. York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... St. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...



David Watson was a regular contributor to Renewal magazine, a publication of the interdenominational charismatic movement which started in the 1960s. The Fountain Trust was an ecumenical agency formed in the UK in 1964 to promote the charismatic renewal. ...


He died of cancer in 1984 after recording his fight with the disease in a book, "Fear No Evil".


Bibliography

  • Christian Myth and Spiritual Reality - (1967)
  • My God Is Real - (1971)
  • One in the Spirit - (1973)
  • I Believe In Evangelism - (1976)
  • In Search Of God - (1974)
  • Live a New Life - (1978)
  • Is Anyone There? - (1979)
  • Discipleship - (1983)
  • Jesus, Then and Now - (1983)
  • You Are My God : An Autobiography - (1983)
  • Fear No Evil - A Personal Struggle with Cancer - (1984)
  • Hidden Warfare - (1987)

Biographical study

  • David Watson (by Saunders / Sansom) - (1992)
  • David Watson: a portrait by his friends (by Edward ENGLAND) - (1985)

Video works

  • Jesus Then and Now - V. 1 - Beginnings and Temptation - (1983)
  • Jesus Then and Now - V. 2 - Disciples and Miracles - (1983)
  • Jesus Then and Now - V. 3 - Lifestyle and Prayer - (1983)
  • Jesus Then and Now - V. 4 - The Man and Opposition - (1983)
  • Jesus Then and Now - V. 5 - Crucifixion and Resurrection - (1983)
  • Jesus Then and Now - V. 6 - The Spirit and the New Age - (1983)

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David Watson (211 words)
Best known UK evangelist of the 1970s and 80s, with a very English emphasis on authenticity and community.
David Watson came a did a weekend session at Cambridge during my first term (I think) at Cambridge in 1978.
My particular memory as a very young christian was sitting next to this guy in a slightly battered cassock, at a pastorate lunch at Holy Trinity Church, and listening to him telling in a straightforward way how he and others at York were seeking to live simply on about £150 a year 'spending money'.
David Watson (evangelist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (217 words)
David C K Watson (born 1933-died 1984) was a English Anglican minister, Evangelist and author.
Watson was vicar of St. Cuthbert's, York and laterly at St. Michael Le Belfry, York
David Watson: a portrait by his friends (by Edward ENGLAND) - (1985)
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