John+Owen

The Crown College, The Christian Heritage Center, Powell, TN
 * [[image:200px-John_Owen_by_John_Greenhill.jpg caption="John Owen"]] || John Owen (1616, Stadhampton, England – August 24, 1683, Ealing, England) – He was a Puritan minister, writer, and preacher. Ordained in the Church of England (1637), he was vicar of Fordham, Essex (1643), then became a Congregationalist (1646). He held pastorates at Fordham, Coggeshall, and Essex, 1646 -51. His message to Parlament as chaplain with Cromwell’s armies (1649-51), the day after King Charles I’s execution (1649) led to his appointment as dean (1651) and then vice-chancellor (1646-58) at Christ Church College, Oxford. He remained at Oxford until the Restoration (1660). Owen was originally an English Calvinist but became an independent minister in 1660. Owen then devoted himself to preaching, controversial writings, and theological tracts. He was a Nonconformist leader, 1660-83, pasturing a large congregation in Leadenhall Street, London (1637), after declining a call to be president of Harvard College (1670). From 1675 on, he pastured an independent church in London. His last words were “I am going to Him whom my soul loveth, or rather who has loved me with an everlasting love.” ||
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