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by Bob Holman
On F.B. Meyers death in 1929, obituaries in the secular press were clear that he was a key player on the world scene yet this is the first chronological account of his life. F.B. Meyer was the minister of one of Britains first megachurches. Coming from a conventional, middle class Victorian background he experienced no dramatic conversion. He was not a distinguished scholar and not a dramatic orator. His slight figure and retiring manner meant that he did not stand out in a crowd. Yet he drew crowds by the thousands, wrote books which sold by the millions, and attracted working class people. The range of Meyers activities are astonishing preacher, pastor, writer, social activist, Baptist president, advocate for missionary work and more. In his last years, he declared, If I had a hundred lives, they should be at Christs disposal. At times, it seemed as though he was living a hundred lives
Format: Quality Paperback
Published: May 2007
Category: Religious
Publisher: Christian Focus Publications
Pages: 207
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