George Beverly Shea 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! ===Religious background=== The Shea family served at the Wesleyan Methodist church in [[Winchester, Ontario]], Canada;<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.billygraham.org/articlepage.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722112604/http://www.billygraham.org/articlepage.asp?ArticleID=100|url-status=dead|title=BGEA: A Conversation With George Beverly Shea|archive-date=22 July 2012|access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> [[Houghton, New York]] (1917β1921); the Sunnyside Wesleyan Methodist church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1921;<ref>"A Brief History of Our Church"; {{cite web |url=http://www.swc.on.ca/overview/overview_History_swc.php |title=Welcome to Sunnyside |access-date=2009-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212065334/http://www.swc.on.ca/overview/overview_History_swc.php |archive-date=2009-02-12 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wesleyan.org/doc/news_r1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221143807/http://wesleyan.org/doc/news_r1|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2009|title=Wesleyan News|date=February 21, 2009}}</ref> at the Willett Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church at Midler Avenue, [[Syracuse, New York]];<ref>{{cite web|author=Midler Avenue Wesleyan Church |url=http://midleravewesleyan.blogspot.com/2008/05/about-us_23.html |title=Midler Ave Wesleyan Church: About Us |publisher=Midleravewesleyan.blogspot.com |date=2004-02-27 |access-date=2011-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708053127/http://midleravewesleyan.blogspot.com/2008/05/about-us_23.html |archive-date=2011-07-08 }}</ref> and the [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] Wesleyan Methodist church during his youth.<ref name="georgebeverlysheamusic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.georgebeverlysheamusic.com/ |title=George Beverly Shea Collection |website=Georgebeverlysheamusic.com |date=1909-02-01 |access-date=2011-03-03}}</ref> Shea himself said that he became a Christian at the age of five or six,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> but made a rededication to Christ when he was 18, at the Sunnyside Wesleyan Methodist Church in Ottawa: <blockquote>[T]here were times when I needed to rededicate my life to the Lord Jesus. When I was 18, my dad was pastoring a church in Ottawa, and I was feeling not too spiritual. The church was having a "special effort," as they called it, for a week. I remember that on Friday night Dad came down from the pulpit and tenderly placed his hand on my shoulder. He whispered, "I think tonight might be the night, son, when you come back to the Lord." Whatever Dad did or said, I listened to him and respected him. And, yes, that was the night!</blockquote> 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