Torrey Johnson
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Torrey Johnson | |
---|---|
Born | Torrey Maynard Johnson. March 15, 1909 |
Died | May 15, 2002 | (aged 93)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Evangelist |
Spouse |
Evelyn Nilsen (m. 1930–2002) |
Children | Ruth, Torrey Jr, Arleen |
Torrey Maynard Johnson (March 15, 1909[1] – May 15, 2002) [2] was a Chicago Baptist who is best remembered as the founder of Youth for Christ in 1944. For a time Johnson had his own local radio program called Songs in the Night, which he later turned over to Billy Graham who was also hired as the first full-time evangelist employed by Youth for Christ International. At one time, he was pastor of Messiah Baptist Church, 2930 W. Flournoy Street, Chicago, Illinois.
References
- ^ "Papers of Torrey Maynard Johnson - Collection 285". www2.wheaton.edu. Archived from the original on 2000-04-12.
- ^ "Social Security Death Index". Ancestry.com. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with FAST identifiers
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with SNAC-ID identifiers
- American evangelists
- Baptist writers
- Baptists from Illinois
- 1909 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century Baptists