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Dick Lucas | |
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Born | Richard Charles Lucas 10 September 1925 |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge Ridley Hall, Cambridge |
Religion | Anglicanism |
Church | Church of England |
Ordained | 1951 (deacon) 1952 (priest) |
Congregations served | St Nicholas' Church, Sevenoaks Church Pastoral Aid Society St Helen's Bishopsgate |
Offices held | Rector of St Helen's Bishopsgate (1961–1998) |
Richard Charles Lucas (born 10 September 1925) is an Anglican evangelical cleric, best known for his long ministry at St Helen's Bishopsgate in London, England, and for his work as founder of the Proclamation Trust and the Cornhill Training Course.
Lucas was born on 10 September 1925 in Lewes, Sussex. He attended Radley College. [1] He was converted to evangelical Christianity in 1941 under the Iwerne camps ministry of E. J. H. Nash. [2] : 31 Lucas began university studies at Oxford, but left to serve in the Royal Navy during World War II. After the war, he continued his undergraduate studies at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1949, MA 1957).
Lucas completed ordination training at Ridley Hall, and was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1951, and then as a priest in 1952. Lucas' first curacy was served as at St Nicholas' Church, Sevenoaks, from 1951 to 1955, before he joined the staff of the Church Pastoral Aid Society from 1955 until 1961.
Lucas became Rector of St. Helen's Bishopsgate in 1961, and served the church as its Rector for thirty-seven years. Under his leadership, St. Helen's grew from a small congregation of a few individuals to a large thriving church with a ministry to city workers, families, students and young professionals. He developed a reputation for strong Bible teaching and preaching. He emerged as a widely respected evangelical speaker, particularly at the Keswick Convention. He was outspoken among his generation of evangelical ministers in encouraging systematic expositional preaching. With this in mind, Lucas was among those who established a popular and widely duplicated programme of training workshops for preachers.
In May 1986 Lucas founded the Proclamation Trust, the aim of which is to encourage ministry that seeks to "expound the Bible as God's Word for today", and remains active as a trustee.[ citation needed ]
In 1991, in partnership with David Jackman, Lucas helped to form the Cornhill Training Course. The course originally met for training in St Peter upon Cornhill, before moving to Borough to meet in office space on Borough High Street. Lucas is no longer part of the leadership team there.
Now in his nineties, Lucas still has an active and influential ministry, preaching and speaking at conferences in the UK and further afield. He is Rector Emeritus of St Helen's, where he returns each summer to preach.
Although prioritising preaching and teaching, Lucas is the author of a number of evangelical books and commentaries. With John Stott, J. I. Packer and others, Lucas was a key figure in shaping the conservative evangelical movement in the United Kingdom during the 20th century. [3]
In 1995, a Festschrift was published in his honour. When God's Voice is Heard: The Power of Preaching included contributions from Peter Adam, D. A. Carson, John Chapman, Edmund Clowney, Peter Jensen, Phillip Jensen and J. I. Packer.
Commentaries:
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