Charles Templeton Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Christian evangelist == After he quit his first job, Templeton became a mass [[Evangelism|evangelist]]. From 1936 to 1938, he toured the US and preached in 44 states.<ref name="globemail"/> He was a top evangelist, internationally renowned.<ref name="globemail"/><ref name="cbc"/><ref name="obit"/> In 1941, Templeton started the [[Church of the Nazarene|Nazarene]] [[Avenue Road Church]] as its preacher, renting a building that formerly housed a [[Presbyterian]] church.<ref name="globemail"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Avenue Road Church|url=http://heritagetoronto.org/avenue-road-church/|website=heritagetoronto.org|date=March 7, 2014|access-date=September 13, 2020|language=en-CA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207014023/http://heritagetoronto.org/avenue-road-church/|archive-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> In 1955, he became the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States]]'s secretary of evangelism.<ref name="globemail"/> Wanting to learn more about Christianity, Templeton attended [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] in the 1940s,<ref name="ctv">{{cite web|title=Charles Templeton dead at 85|publisher=[[CTV Television Network]]|date=June 7, 2001|url=http://www.ctvnews.com/asp/content/newsstory_view.asp?NewsStoryID=15512&StoryTextID=17430&SectionName=&SectionID=0&feature=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010809034416/http://www.ctvnews.com/asp/content/newsstory_view.asp?NewsStoryID=15512&StoryTextID=17430&SectionName=&SectionID=0&feature=0|archive-date=August 9, 2001|access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref><ref name="cbc"/> later receiving an honorary doctorate from [[Lafayette College]].<ref name="globemail"/> He hosted the religious television show ''[[Look Up and Live]]''.<ref name="globemail"/><ref name="obit"/> Charles Templeton struggled with doubts about his religion. He eventually became an agnostic,<ref name="globemail"/> causing a wide backlash from Christian communities.<ref name="obit"/> Templeton was a close friend of, and shared billing with, fellow evangelist [[Billy Graham]], with whom he co-founded (along with [[Torrey Johnson]]) [[Youth for Christ International]].<ref name="globemail"/><ref name="obit"/> After Templeton became an agnostic, they remained friends but became more distant.<ref name="globemail"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page