Colin Urquhart (1940 – 13 September 2021) was an English
Evangelical
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Christian
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minister, speaker, author, and apostolic and
Neocharismatic
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leader in the
United Kingdom
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.
[Colin Urquhart: A Man of God]
" AAH All About Horsham Magazine,
Early life
Urquhart was born in
Twickenham
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, London, England.
His father was an architect who designed and built camps for the Ministry of Defense.
As a boy, Urquhart experienced bombing from
World War II
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in his neighborhood.
He described his family as "non-Christian".
However, he enjoyed singing so he joined the choir of the
Anglican Church
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in Twickenham when he was ten years old.
At his request, his parents gave him a book of prayers for his birthday.
Urquhart played cricket for his school and a local club.
Middlesex offered him a trial, but he decided not to go.
When he was thirteen years old, he asked the vicar how he could become ordained, but the minimum age was sixteen.
After school, he followed his family's plan and studied with an architectural firm for a year.
Urquhart still wanted to become a minister with the Church of England.
He recalled, " I had to sit my A' levels before I could go to King's College. I was ordained in 1963 when I was 23."
Career
He started as a curate for a church in
Cheshunt
Cheshunt (/ˈtʃɛzənt/ CHEZ-ənt) is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, situated within the London commuter belt approximately north of Central London. The town lies on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering th ...
for three years.
Next, he was sent to
Letchworth in
Hertfordshire
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where he was in charge of a district church.
He became involved with the
Charismatic Renewal movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
He was the incumbent (vicar) of the parish church of St Hugh, Lewsey
Luton
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Luton is on the River Lea, about north-west of London. The town's foundation dates to the sixth century as a Saxon settleme ...
,
Bedfordshire
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, at the time, and during four years immense changes took place there.
In 1974 he wrote a book about these experiences, called ''When the Spirit Comes'', one of several books he authored during the 1970s.
[Urquhart, Colin. ''When the Spirit Comes'' London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974. ] At the start of 1976, he resigned as the incumbent of St Hugh's and moved with his family and two parishioners to a house in
East Molesey
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,
Surrey
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that was owned by
Fountain Trust, an international trust involved in Christian renewal.
From this base he began an itinerant ministry traveling nationally and internationally, with his living costs arising solely from donations (which some Christians like to refer to as 'living on faith').
Urquhart called this church called the Community of Love and Prayers which he later said: "was nothing like a hippy commune."
The
BBC
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made a documentary about the Community of Love and Prayers.
In the later 1970s, Urquhart founded the
Kingdom Faith Church in
Horsham
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in
West Sussex
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.
The church expanded over the years to seven locations and the
Kingdom Faith Training College.
By the early 1980s Urquhart was becoming more widely known internationally as a writer, and as a speaker at Charismatic conferences, rallies, and conventions. In the eighties he spoke at some of the
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International Conventions in
Mumbai
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, India, based on the theme, "Go in my name" and "If my people" in India. Urquhart recorded more than 500 ''Faith For Today'' radio messages.
As of 2014, Urquhart turned over the Kingdom Faith Church to his son, Clive Urquhart.
However, Urquhart still spoke at conferences and was the principal of the Kingdom Faith Training College.
Personal life
Urquhart's wife was Caroline.
Their children were Andrea, Clive, and Claire.
He died from cancer in 2021 at the age of 81 years.
Publications
*''When the Spirit Comes'' (
, 1974)
*''Anything You Ask'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980)
*''In Christ Jesus '' (
Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1981)
*''Faith for the Future'' (Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1982)
*''My Father is the Gardener'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1982)
*''Holy Fire'' (Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1984)
*''The Positive Kingdom'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1985)
*Listen and Live (Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1987)
*''Receive Your Healing'' (Crossroad Publishing, 1987)
*''Personal Victory'' (Hodder & Stoughton Religious Division, 1988)
*''My Dear Child: Listening to God's Heart'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1990)
*''My Dear Son'' (Hodder Christian Books, 1992)
*''The Truth That Sets You Free'' (Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 1993)
*''The Handbook on Healing'' (
Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994)
*''Your Personal Bible'' (Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 1994)
*''From Mercy to Majesty: Moving into Revival'' (Hodder and Stoughton, 1995)
*''Encountering the Presence'' (Destiny Image Incorporated, 1998)
*Friends of Jesus (
Zondervan
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, 1997)
*God's Plan for Your Healing: Knowing His Purpose and Explaining His Power (Zondervan, 1998)
*''Revival Fire'' (Zondervan, 1999)
*''My dear beloved'' (Zondervan, 2000)
*''Faith: The Explaining Series'' (Sovereign World Ltd, 2000)
*''True Life'' (Kingdom Faith, 2001)
*''True Love'' (Kingdom Faith, 2001)
*''True Face'' (Kingdom Faith, 2002)
*''Explaining Deception'' (Sovereign World, 2003)
*''True Church'' (Kingdom Faith, 2002)
*''True Covenant'' (Kingdom Faith, 2002)
*''True Disciples'' (Kingdom Faith, 2002)
*''True Grace'' (Kingdom Faith, 2002)
*''True Activity'' (Kingdom Faith, 2003)
*''True Healing'' (Kingdom Faith, 2003)
*''True Prayer'' (Kingdom Faith, 2003)
*''True Salvation'' (Kingdom Faith, 2003)
*''True Worship'' (Kingdom Faith, 2003)
*''True Kingdom'' (Kingdom Faith, 2004)
*''True Leadership'' (Kingdom Faith, 2004)
*''True Peace & Joy'' (Kingdom Faith, 2004)
*''True Promises'' (Kingdom Faith, 2004)
*''True Revival'' (Kingdom Faith, 2004)
*''True Sons'' (Kingdom Faith, 2004)
*''True Spirit'' (Kingdom Faith, 2004)
*''The Great Revelation'' (Integrity Media Europe, 2009)
*''The Truth: New Testament'' (Integrity Media Europe, 2010)
*''True God'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: As Revealed in the Epistles of the New Testament'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: 1 Corinthians'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: 2 Corinthians'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: Ephesians, Colossians & Philippians'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: Epistles of Paul'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: Galatians, 1 Thessalonians & 2 Thessalonians'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: The General Epistles'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: Hebrews'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: James, 1 Peter & 2 Peter'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: Jude, 1 John, 2 John & 3 John'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: Romans'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth for Today: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus & Philemon'' (Kingdom Faith, 2012)
*''The Truth New Testament Study Edition'' (New Wine Press, 2013)
*''The Lord's Orchard: God's Charter for Reformation'' (New Wine Press, 2015)
*''The Truth for Today as Revealed in the Letters of the New Testament'' (New Wine Press, 2015)
*''Truth That Sets You Free'' (New Wine Press, 2015)
*''The Blood Speaks'' (Kingdom Faith, 2019)
*''How to know Jesus'' (Kingdom Faith, 2019)
*''Your Journey to Heaven'' (Kingdom Faith, 2019)
*''Anything You Ask: Learn How to Pray with Faith and See God Answer Your Prayers'' (Kingdom Faith, 2020)
References
External links
Colin Urquhart.comKingdom Faith Church
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1940 births
2021 deaths
Apostolic networks
British New Church Movement
British Charismatics
English evangelicals
People from Twickenham