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David Christopher Knight Watson (1933–1984) was an English Anglican priest, evangelist and author. ==Biography== Watson was educated at Bedford School (1940-1946), Wellington College (1946-1951)〔http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/95618?docPos=55&anchor=match〕 and St. John's College, Cambridge where he converted to Christianity. He became involved with the ministry of E. J. H. Nash〔Rob Warner, ''Reinventing English Evangelicalism, 1966-2001'' (Milton Keynes; Paternoster, 2007) p. 122.〕 by the invitation of David Sheppard, later to become Bishop of Liverpool. Watson noted: "Undoubtedly the most formative influence on my faith during the five years at Cambridge was my involvement with... 'Bash camps.' () It was the best possible training I could receive."〔David Watson, ''You Are My God'' (London: Hodder, 1983) p. 39.〕 He became a priest in the Church of England, starting his ordained ministry among the dock workers of Gillingham, Kent.〔 Watson's second curacy took him to the Round Church in Cambridge where the vicar was Mark Ruston. Around the same time, encouraged by Martyn Lloyd Jones, Watson sought the religious experience known as baptism in the Holy Spirit and began to speak in tongues.〔David Watson, ''You Are My God'', London: Hodder, 1983 p. 64.〕 Watson became curate-in-charge of St Cuthbert's Church, York in 1965,〔 which was attended by no more than twelve at any service 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.〔 Subsequently the congregation grew to many hundreds in only a few years.〔Randle Manwaring ''From Controversy to Co-Existence: Evangelicals in the Church of England 1914-1980'' (Cambridge: CUP, 2002) 97〕 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.〔David Armstrong ''A Road too Wide'' (Basingstoke: Marshall Pickering, 1985) 57〕 He met the Vineyard Leader John Wimber in 1980, and was one of the first people to welcome him to the UK.〔John Wimber, Kevin Springer ''Power Evangelism, Signs and Wonders Today'' (London: Hodder, 1985) 7〕 This encouraged the connection between Wimber and Terry Virgo of Newfrontiers that ensued.〔Terry Virgo ''No Well-Worn Paths'' (Eastbourne: Kingsway, 2001) 149〕 He left St. Michael-Le-Belfrey in 1982 for London.〔 Watson was a regular contributor to ''Renewal'' magazine, a publication of the interdenominational charismatic movement which started in the 1960s. Watson died of cancer on 18 February 1984 after recording his fight with the disease in a book, ''Fear No Evil''.〔 "Born c. 1934; died of cancer, February 18, 1984, in London, England. Clergyman and author. One of the best known evangelists of the Church of England, Watson was a leading figure in Britain's Charismatic Renewal movement. He was also an advocate of Christian unity, leading numerous ecumenical missions throughout the world. Among Watson's many books are ''Discipleship'', an autobiography entitled ''You Are My Lord'', and an account of his struggle against cancer entitled ''Fear No Evil''." Obituary Notice, ''The Times'', 21 February 1984 〕 John Gunstone remarked of Watson that "It is doubtful whether any other English Christian leader has had greater influence on this side of the Atlantic since the Second World War."〔John Gunstone, ''Signs and Wonders, The Wimber Phenomenon'' (Daybreak: London, 1989) p. 62〕 J. I. Packer called him "one of the best-known clergymen in England".〔J. I. Packer in the foreword to David Watson's ''Discipleship'' (London: Hodder, 1981) p. 6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Watson (evangelist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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