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from the Good
Report June/July
2000
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John
G. Ridley - Australia's beloved
evangelist
After his
marriage in 1926, Mr. and Mrs. Ridley travelled for nine years
throughout
Australia in a caravan, visiting lonely out back homesteads, giving out
gospel tracts, holding open-air meetings and services. These were great
days with a hunger for the Gospel; many responded, and at one stage six
men who were converted through John's evangelistic preaching, became
students
at the NSW Baptist College. New believers were constantly added to
churches.
After the
birth of their
daughter, Ruth, they lived in Sydney but still moved round Australia
holding
missions and meetings. His great love for Christ, gifted oratory
and knowledge of
history were used to bring many from all
walks of life to Jesus Christ, including Arthur Stace, the man who
wrote
eternity. Never did Mr. Ridley seek to gain any glory or material gain;
he had a passion for souls, with a longing to see people converted to
Christ.
He never swerved from the evangelistic message.
Although hampered
by two further breakdowns, John continued to preach and wrote 14 books,
hundreds of tracts and poems, all of which have been a source of
comfort
and inspiration to many.
John
Ridley was used in founding the prophetic magazine, The Herald of Hope. With the help of others John G. Ridley founded
the Australian
Institute of Evangelism for training evangelists, now known as ...
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