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Missing image Martyn_lloyd_jones.jpg Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) was a protestant Christian but perhaps he will mostly be remembered as a champion of the Evangelical faith. He stood firm against what he saw as false liberal doctrines which had come in to the denominations of Wales and England. He believed strongly that reformed evangelical Christians ought to leave the old denominations as a protest against the loose un-biblical doctrines that was getting ever more main stream in the denominations as the 20th century unfolded. He was born in Cardiff and then raised as a child in Llangeitho Ceredigion. Llangeitho is of course associated with the Welsh Methodist revival as it was the location of Daniel Rowland’s ministry. He went to a London Grammar School between 1914-1916 and then attended St Bartholomew Hospital to study as a Medical student. In 1921 he started work as an assistant to the Royal Physician, Sir Thomas Horder. During 1925-1926 he was struggling over the call to preach and in 1927 he returned to Wales having married Bethan Phillips to accepted a call to minister at Sandfields, Aberafon Port Talbot. After a decade ministering at Sandfields he wend back to London as a temporary assistant at Westminster Chapel co-pastor with Dr. Campbell Morgan. The day before he was officially to be accepted as co-pastor at Westminster Chapel war broke out over Europe. In the same year (1939) he became the president of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Students (known today as the UCCF). During the war he and his family moved to Haslemere, Surry. In 1943 Dr. Campbell Morgan retired leaving Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones as the sole Pastor of Westmisnter Chapel. He continued his ministry at Westminster Chapel until 1968 when he fell to an illness. For the rest of his life he mainly concentrated on editing his sermons to be published. Perhaps his most famous publication is that of a series of commentaries on the Epistle to the Romans, the first volume was published in 1970. Despite spending the most of his life living and minestering in England Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones was proud of his roots and one could argue that he was indeed a Welsh Nationalist of sort. He best expressed his concern for Wales through his support of the Evangelical Movement of Wales, he was a regular speaker at their conferences both preaching in English and Welsh, he was also a keen advocate of their publications. Since his death The Evangelical Movement of Wales have published various books bringing together selections of his sermons and articles. He preached for the last time on the 8th June 1980 at Barcombe Baptist Chapel. He died peacefully in his sleep at Ealing on March 1, 1981, St Davids Day, the patron saint of Wales his home country. He was buried at Newcastle Emlyn, near Llangeitho, west Wales. A well attended thanksgiving Service was held at Westminster Chapel on April 6 the same year. Since his death there has been various publications regarding Dr Lloyd Jones and his work. Most famously a biography in too volumes by Iain Murray. Sources
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Other Welsh Christian Figures on Wikipedia William Williams Pantycelyn, Howell Harris, Daniel Rowland, R Tudur Jones, Bobi Jones |
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