Hispanopedia WikiClive Calver (born 1949)[1] is a British EvangelicalChristian leader, teacher, author and international speaker.[2]
Biography
During the early 1970s, Calver founded and led the mission team "In the Name of Jesus", which included Graham Kendrick, Stephen Maxted, Steve and Cathy Coupe and Rob Buckridge. He went on to lead British Youth for Christ, and was involved in the Spring Harvest series of Christian Conferences.
Calver was the programme director of Billy Graham's Mission England before leading the Evangelical Alliance of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997.[3] In the latter role, he was a major spokesperson for Evangelicals on both sides of the Atlantic. It was during that time that Calver and his commentaries on current issues were featured often on the BBC.
He has also appeared on ABC's Nightline, CNN and National Public Radio. He has written 20 books and has been published in many national and local print media.
From 2005 to 2016, he was the senior pastor of Walnut Hill Community Church in Bethel, Connecticut, USA. For seven years he was president of World Relief and he traveled around the world, ministering to the poor and networking with churches to follow after the teachings of Jesus Christ and bring help to those in need.
Se casó con Ruth Kirby, hija de Gilbert Kirby, director del London Bible College al que ambos habían asistido. Es padre de Gavin Calver.
Obras
- Agotado: Desvelando el evangelismo (1980) ISBN 0-551-00827-X
- Con una iglesia como esta, ¿quién necesita a Satanás? (1981) ISBN 0-551-00898-9
- La lucha de tu vida (1986) de Clive Calver y Derek B. Copley ISBN 0-86065-355-2
- Creciendo juntos (1986) por Ruth y Clive Calver ISBN 0-86065-432-X
- Donde se encuentran la verdad y la justicia (1987) ISBN 0-340-41065-5
- Él nos une (1987) ISBN 0-340-39609-1
- Pensar con claridad sobre la verdad (1995) ISBN 1-85424-289-X
- Juntos permanecemos (1996) ISBN 0-340-64237-8
- El Espíritu Santo: Transformándonos a nosotros y a nuestro mundo (2001) ISBN 1-85999-527-6
- (Editor de la serie) La oración (Serie Pensar con claridad) por John Woolmer y Clive Calver (2001) ISBN 0-8254-6022-0
- (Editor de la serie) La singularidad de Jesús (Serie Pensando con claridad) por Chris Wright y Clive Calver (2002) ISBN 0-8254-6006-9
- (Editora de la serie) La Gran Comisión (Serie Pensando con Claridad) por Rose Dowsett y Clive Calver (2002) ISBN 0-8254-6032-8
- Descendiendo como una paloma: La verdad sobre el Espíritu Santo (2004) ISBN 1-59185-290-0
- Vivo en el espíritu (2006) ISBN 1-59185-872-0
- En primera línea: Un padre y un hijo, con 30 años de diferencia, debaten sobre lo que significa vivir plenamente para Jesús, por Clive Calver y Gavin Calver (2007) ISBN 0-8254-6148-0
- Morir para vivir: La paradoja de la vida crucificada (2009) ISBN 1-934068-80-2
Notas
- ↑ Hocken, Peter D. (2002). «Calver, Clive». En Stanley M. Burgess (ed.). El nuevo diccionario internacional de movimientos pentecostales y carismáticos (Ed. revisada y ampliada ). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Pub. House. pp. 453–454 . ISBN 0310224810.
- ↑ Tom Sine (9 de diciembre de 1996). "Lo que hacen bien los evangélicos británicos" . Christianity Today . Consultado el 4 de mayo de 2009 .- Goodstein, Laurie (8 de mayo de 2003). "Importantes evangélicos critican a sus colegas por el Islam" . The New York Times . Consultado el 4 de mayo de 2009 .- "Esfuerzos de ayuda en Sudán" . Religion & Ethics Newsweekly . 7 de agosto de 1998. Consultado el 4 de mayo de 2009 .
- ↑"60 seconds with...Three general directors [of the Evangelical Alliance]". Idea Magazine. August 2016. p. 18. (170th anniversary edition, marking anniversary of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK)
External links
- Walnut Hill Community Church
- 1949 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century British male writers
- 20th-century British non-fiction writers
- 20th-century evangelicals
- 21st-century American Christian clergy
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century British male writers
- 21st-century British non-fiction writers
- 21st-century evangelicals
- Alumni of the London School of Theology
- American Evangelical writers
- American evangelists
- American male non-fiction writers
- American religious writers
- British Evangelical writers
- British evangelists
- British male non-fiction writers
- British religious writers
- Editors of Christian publications
- Evangelical pastors
- 20th-century American Christian clergy