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Who is A.W. Tozer?
Aiden Wilson Tozer (April 21, 1897 – May 12, 1963) was an American Christian pastor, author, magazine editor, and spiritual mentor. For his accomplishments, he received honorary doctorates from Wheaton and Houghton Colleges.
In 1919, five years after his conversion and without formal education in Christian theology, Tozer accepted an offer to serve as pastor of his first church. That began 44 years of ministry associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), a Protestant Evangelical denomination, 33 of them serving as a pastor in several different congregations (his first, a small storefront church in Nutter Fort, West Virginia). Later, and for thirty years (1928 to 1959), he was the pastor of Southside Alliance Church in Chicago; the final years of his life he spent as pastor of Avenue Road Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Observing contemporary Christian living, Tozer felt the church was on a dangerous course toward compromising with “worldly” concerns.
Born into poverty, Tozer was self-educated and taught himself what he missed in high school and university.
There are still numerous audio recordings of Tozer’s sermons. It is interesting to hear the voice of someone who resonated so profoundly one hundred years ago. I embedded one of them below.
Love his writings
I do, too. It seems like Tozer has been kind of forgotten in the last generation or so, but I hope he can be rediscovered.
Passing forward to my readers with grateful mention 🙏
Thank you so much for the mention! I’m honored and very happy that the quote resonates with you. It certainly does with me. I mean, it’s increasingly a rarity when a big cultural event doesn’t include an overt celebration of unholiness.