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Lionel Bale Fletcher (22 May 1877 – 19 February 1954) was an Australian Congregational minister and evangelist who held pastorates in Australia, Wales, and New Zealand. Fletcher led successful evangelistic campaigns across Australia, the British Isles, and South Africa. He also wrote multiple books including an autobiography, ''Mighty Moments'' (1931). ==Biography== Fletcher was born in Maitland, New South Wales, eighth and final child to John and Eliza (née Bale) Fletcher. His father was a Methodist lay preacher. All seven of his sons, including Michael Scott Fletcher, became preachers and at least three were ordained as Methodist ministers.〔Hugh Jackson, 'Fletcher, Lionel Bale (1877–1954)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fletcher-lionel-bale-6195/text10649, published in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 15 August 2014.〕 Fletcher attended Newington College (1890–1892)〔Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 65〕 before doing an apprenticeship on the vessel 'Maquarie'.〔 He was converted in July 1896 after an evangelistic confrontation with his brother, Henry.〔Paproth, D. “Fletcher, Lionel Bale.” Ed. Timothy Larsen et al. Biographical dictionary of evangelicals 2003 : 230. Print.〕 "I went to bed in a violent rage," said Fletcher, "but I had gone far enough, and the mighty hand of God gripped my life that night."〔Fletcher, Lionel B. 'Mighty Moments.' London: The Religious Tract Society, 1931. p. 11.〕 On 24 January 1900, Fletcher married Maude Harris Basham and together they had several children.〔
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