Erroll Hulse (3 March 1931 – 3 August 2017) was a
Reformed Baptist
Reformed Baptists, also called Particular Baptists, or Calvinist Baptists, are Baptists that hold to a Calvinism, Calvinist soteriology (salvation belief teached by John Calvin). The name "Reformed Baptist" dates from the latter part of the 20 ...
pastor.
Hulse was born in
Fort Beaufort
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,
South Africa
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and studied at the
University of Pretoria
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. He was
converted through the preaching of the itinerant evangelist,
Ivor Powell
Ivor Verdun Powell, MBE (5 July 1916 – 6 November 2012) was a Welsh football player and manager. He won eight caps for Wales.
A wing half, he began his professional career with Queens Park Rangers in September 1937. His career was inter ...
, and moved to the United Kingdom to study at the
London Bible College
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History
During the 1930s A. J. Vereker, secreta ...
. Hulse became a
Calvinist
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through reading
Robert Haldane
Robert Haldane (28 February 1764 – 12 December 1842) was a religious writer and Scottish theologian. Author of ''Commentaire sur l'Épître aux Romains, On the Inspiration of Scripture'' and ''Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans.''
Early ...
's commentary on
Romans
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
*Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...
and joined with
Iain Murray in the establishment of the
, serving as its first manager from 1957 to 1967.
After this he became pastor of
Cuckfield
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Baptist Church, where he served until 1985. In 1970 started ''
Reformation Today'' magazine, which he edited until 2013.
Hulse was "greatly concerned for authentic spiritual
revival
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*Resuscitation of a person
*Language revival of an extinct language
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." Tim Grass notes that "humanly speaking, he was a man who could 'think big' and secure the co-operation of others to turn his dreams into reality." As well as ''Reformation Today'', Hulse also started the Carey Conference and the African Pastors’ Conference.
References
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1931 births
2017 deaths
Alumni of the London School of Theology
Editors of Christian publications
University of Pretoria alumni
20th-century Calvinist and Reformed ministers
South African editors
South African magazine editors
Converts to Christianity
People from Fort Beaufort
Reformed Baptists