Английская Википедия:Edgar Louton
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Edgar Myron Louton (born December 13, 1933)[1] is an American clergyman who has served as a missionary in South Africa since 1951.[2] He was ordained by the Assemblies of God in 1956.[3]
Early life and education
Louton was born in 1933 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to the Reverend Albert Gordon Louton, a minister[4] and Louise Rettinger Louton, the granddaughter of Adam Oster. In 1951, Louton's father became a missionary to South Africa, bringing the 17-year-old Louton with him.[2][5]
Louton graduated from South African Bible Institute, run by the family of H. B. Garlock in 1955,[6] before continuing his education through correspondence with Fuller Theological Seminary and Central Bible College and earning a Master of Arts from Columbia International University.
His sister, Evelyn, who married Eugene E. Grams, cofounded the Cape College of Theology in Cape Town.[7]
Ministry
After graduating from college in 1955, Louton returned to the United States, where he was ordained in 1956. Returning to South Africa in 1958, he began his own mission work in Hout Bay, Cape Town. He then worked for six years among the Basuto people, spending part of the time in Basutoland.[8]
During the early years of his ministry, he befriended Nicholas Bhengu, who Time called the “Black Billy Graham.”[9] Bhengu, who had been working as a court interpreter, was hired on occasion to interpret Louton’s sermons. However, Louton soon gained proficiency in Northern Sotho.[10]
In 1965, upon returning to South Africa from the United States, Louton was appointed Northern Transvaal district superintendent. He held the position until 1970.[11]
He vocally opposed Apartheid and cut ties with his organization over this in 1980, after his publication of an academic paper entitled The Crisis of Christian Credibility in South Africa. He resumed his mission work in the country in 1988.[5][10][6]
From 1988 until 2008, he lectured at a mission school in Mpumalanga.[5]
Louton's ministry has been endorsed by large churches in the Midwestern United States.[12] He has also been a recurring guest speaker at churches across the United States, including well-known congregations in New York.
Louton remains one of the oldest semi-active Assemblies of God missionaries.
Personal life
He married Barbara Hughes, the daughter of a prominent Michigan pastor, on February 1, 1958. They have four children.[2][13]
References
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- ↑ 10,0 10,1 Motshetshane, Albert Stephen (28 June 2016). Culture and conflict in Pentecostalism: the Assemblies of God in South Africa, Nicholas Bhengu and the American missionaries, and the International Assemblies of God (1917-1964) (Thesis). hdl:10413/13090
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