Philip Henry Hacking (20 February 1931 – 3 December 2024) was an English

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priest, itinerant

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speaker,

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teacher and occasional author.

Early life and career

Philip Hacking gained a BA degree in History at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, in 1953''Crockford's Clerical Directory 2010/2011'', p. 343, Church House Publishing, Church House, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3AZ, (subsequently also an MA in 1957), and then trained for the

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, London. He was ordained in 1955 and began a curacy in the Parish of St Helen in St Helens, near Liverpool. This was followed by nine years as curate-in-charge and

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of St Thomas,

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(1959–1968). In October 1968 Philip was appointed

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of Christ Church, Fulwood, Sheffield. He remained as vicar in this parish for 29 years before retiring from full-time ministry in 1997. He still maintained connections with the church, preaching on occasions, and held a diocesan

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. In addition to his parish ministry, Philip became involved in different aspects of British and worldwide Christian work. He was chairman of the

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from 1984 to 1993; was national chairman of

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group within the Church of England); was chairman of Word Alive (formerly a part of

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) from 1993 to 2000; and for 12 years was chairman of SUM Fellowship (Sudan United Mission), now Pioneers UK. He has led many evangelistic missions and Bible convention events in the UK and overseas. He has written a number of books and his Bible teaching has been widely recorded on audio cassette, CD and DVD media formats. In an article in the monthly newspaper, Evangelicals Now, written as he was approaching retirement, Philip described himself as "''quite unashamedly an

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, with a stress on the noun''". He regarded the greatest privilege of more than 40 years ministry "''to have been a parish minister in St Helens, Edinburgh and Sheffield''", adding that "''there is no greater joy than expounding the Word of God week by week in the local church, and to share in people's homes something of their joys and sorrows''". At the Sunday evening service on 29 December 2013 at Christ Church Fulwood, Philip gave his last sermon announcing that he was "''calling it a day for all preaching''". The sermon was based on 1 John 4 ^7-21 'God is Love'.

Personal life and death

Hacking was a keen supporter of

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. He was present at the disaster in the Hillsborough soccer stadium in April 1989 in which 96 spectators were crushed to death. He was also a follower of English cricket, and in earlier years played cricket at "various unambitious levels". He married his wife Margaret in 1955 at the Church of the Saviour,

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. They have two children, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Their son, Stuart, is also an Anglican minister as well as being school chaplain at Immanuel Community College, Bradford. Their home is in Fulwood, a suburb of

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. Hacking died on 3 December 2024, at the age of 93.

List of books

* ''The Spirit Is Among Us: Personal Renewal and the Local Church'', Marshall Pickering, 1987. * ''What He Says, Where He Sends'', Marshall Pickering, 1988. * ''Real Science, Real Faith'', Monarch Books, 1991 (co-authored with R. J. Berry). * ''Isaiah: Free to Suffer and to Serve'' (Baker Bible Guides), Crossway Books, 1994. * ''Discovering Isaiah: Free to Suffer and to Serve'' (Crossway Bible Guides), IVP/Crossway Books, 2001. * ''The Rhythm of the Gospel: 2 Corinthians'' (Authentic Lifestyle Guides), Authentic Media, 2004 (co-authored with Elizabeth McQuoid). * ''Opening Up Hebrews'' (Opening up the Bible series), Day One Publications, 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hacking, Philip 1931 births 2024 deaths Evangelical Anglican clergy Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford Alumni of Oak Hill College People from Blackburn