Carl henry wikipedia

Even as he taught philosophy of religion and theology at Fuller, Henry itched to exert broader influence on evangelical churches. In 1956, with the support of Billy Graham, he became the founding editor of Christianity Today, serving in this role from his Washington, D.

C. office until 1968. The magazine was a runaway success under Henry’s leadership, quickly out-selling the rival Christian Century and becoming America’s best-read Christian newsmagazine. Early in his time in Washington, Henry became a member of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation that he served for decades as a Sunday School teacher and lay leader.

It is difficult to overstate just how influential Henry became in this period.

From 1948-56, he was co-chairman of the annual Sunrise Easter Service at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California; chairman of the 1966 Berlin Congress on World Evangelism, a forerunner of the Lausanne movement; was an advocate of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerran