The Revd Dr Ian Malcolm Tait, a true man of God, died on December 17, 2013.
He was formerly pastor of Welwyn Evangelical Church (1950-80) and before that of the FIEC church in Hurstpierpoint. He was elected President of the FIEC in 1969. He also served as a visiting lecturer at Covenant Theological College.
Ian was born in 1918. He grew up in Kettering but tasted sorrow early when his mother died when he was only nine. In 1937 he volunteered to serve as a Royal Engineer, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. While on leave that same year he heard an Australian evangelist preaching the gospel and was born again. In 1941 he volunteered to serve in the RAF as a pilot officer.
