CHRISTMAS EVANS — no ordinary preacher
The story of the ‘John Bunyan’ of Wales
By Tim Shenton. Day One. 154 pages. £8.00
ISBN 978-84625-130-6
This biography is an abridgement of the author’s larger work on Christmas Evans, published in 2001, but with many more illustrations. Little is lost by the shortening process, but much is gained by securing a wider appeal.
Christmas Evans was the most popular preacher in Wales in the period of the second evangelical awakening in Britain, extending from the early 1790s into the 1840s. Most of his regular ministry was in Anglesey where he had an amazing influence over 35 years. In almost every year he embarked upon preaching tours which took him throughout Wales when he preached at many Association meetings.
