Randle Manwaring was one of many Christians who fought in WWII and subsequently vigorously supported the cause of Christ and encouraged the post-war growth of evangelicalism.
He was born in 1912, the son of a famous naval historian, and attended private schools in South London. He said: ‘I gained my first interest in Christian matters by singing school hymns’. He came to Christ through Crusaders (now Urban Saints), it seems sometime around the age of 20. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1939, being called up the following year to become a founder member of the RAF Regiment which specialised in defending and capturing airfields.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …