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| name = Norman Grubb |
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| caption = Missionary, writer and teacher |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|08|02|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = London |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|12|15|1895|08|02|df=y}} |
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| death_place = Ft. Washington, Pa. 19034 |
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'''Norman Percy Grubb''' (2 August 1895 – 15 December 1993) was a [[missionary]] [[statesman]], writer and [[theological]] [[teacher]]. |
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== Biography == |
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=== Early life === |
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Grubb was born in London, the son of an [[Anglican]] vicar. He was educated at an English Public School before joining the [[British Army]] as a [[lieutenant]] in [[World War I]]. After the war, in which he was wounded in one leg, he went to [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. Later he married Pauline Studd, the daughter of the famous British cricketeer and missionary to Africa [[C.T. Studd]]. He left for the [[Belgian Congo]] with Pauline in 1920 to follow in the footsteps of his father-in-law, having not yet completed his final term at Cambridge. |
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=== Missionary Work and Beliefs === |
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{{Protestant missions to Africa}} |
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Despite having a Christian upbringing it was only at the age of eighteen that Grubb seriously began to consider what it meant to be a Christian. It was a conversation with a family friend that challenged him to think more deeply about his faith, and from that point on he became committed to [[evangelistic]] work. |
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While recovering from his bullet wound in 1917 Grubb was handed a tract about the [[Heart of Africa Mission]] and the work of [[C.T. Studd]] in the Belgian Congo. After reading this tract he felt a calling to join Studd in his missionary activities. |
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Before setting out for Africa, however, Grubb studied for a while at Cambridge, where he had the vision for [[Inter-Varsity Fellowship]] (now the University and Colleges Christian Fellowship) whose goal was the sharing of the Christian message with other students. |
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Before finishing his studies at Cambridge Grubb met Pauline Studd and married her. During their engagement, however, a dispute arose between them regarding Norman telling her that he loved God more than he loved her. The disagreement almost resulted in Pauline calling off the wedding. Fortunately the two were reconciled to one another when Pauline came to accept Grubb’s dedication to serving his God, even though it meant that she would have to take second place in her husband’s life. |
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In 1920 the newlyweds left for the Congo. They spent ten years there, working with C.T. Studd in evangelising the Africans. While there he was struck by the words of Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth within me, and the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” This verse was to become central to his philosophy. The kernel of his Christian belief was [[Jesus Christ]]’s teaching that He is the vine and we are the branches, and that Christians are new creations in Him and therefore exist in union with him. |
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Before C.T. Studd’s death in 1931 Norman and Pauline returned to England where they ran the mission from its London headquarters. Under Norman’s leadership and direction the mission flourished and became known as the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade ([[WEC International]]). It grew from one mission field with 35 workers to a worldwide mission operating in over 40 fields with thousands of workers from around the world, all living according to the principle that all needs will be supplied by God with no appeals to man. The mission still runs to this day under the name of Worldwide Evangelization for Christ. |
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=== Writing === |
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During his time as the General Secretary of WEC Grubb began writing. To begin with he produced tracts and magazines for the mission, and then in 1933 he published a biography of C.T. Studd. After this came a string of other books, including his autobiography ''Once Caught, No Escape'', and ''The Key to Everything''. Other books penned by Grubb include ''Rees Howells' Intercessor'', ''God Unlimited, Who Am I?'', ''Spontaneous You, Law of Faith'', ''Touching the Invisible'' and ''Yes I Am''. |
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