Colin Tilsley
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Colin B C Tilsley was the founder of Gospel Literature Outreach.
Colin was born in Rajahmundry
, India
to Crawford and Marjorie Tilsley, missionaries in the Godavari district of South India
, where Crawford was a fourth generation missionary. Colin was educated in England
from 1947 at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate
, an evangelical
Church of England
boarding school
. He did national service
in the British Army
from 1954 and was married to Cynthia in 1957 in her native town of Launceston, Tasmania
. They had four children.
They studied at Emmaus Bible School, Sydney, Australia, from 1960, and after graduating in 1961, Colin began work for them as Correspondence School Manager. He founded Gospel Literature Outreach in June 1965, and continued working for both organisations until prevented from doing so by increasing disability from total motor neurone disease
. He died in 1981 in Sydney.
Colin was born in Rajahmundry
Rajahmundry
Rajahmundry is a city and municipal corporation of the Andhra Pradesh state in India. It is located east of the state capital, Hyderabad, on the banks of the River Godavari. Known as the Cultural Capital, Rajahmundry is noted for its intense Veda culture and intellect...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Crawford and Marjorie Tilsley, missionaries in the Godavari district of South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
, where Crawford was a fourth generation missionary. Colin was educated in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
from 1947 at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate
St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate
St. Lawrence College is a co-educational independent school situated in the town of Ramsgate in Kent.- History :It was founded in 1879, known as South Eastern College. The school rapidly outgrew the single house, leading to the main building of the present day college by 1884. The chapel was...
, an evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
. He did national service
National service
National service is a common name for mandatory government service programmes . The term became common British usage during and for some years following the Second World War. Many young people spent one or more years in such programmes...
in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
from 1954 and was married to Cynthia in 1957 in her native town of Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
. They had four children.
They studied at Emmaus Bible School, Sydney, Australia, from 1960, and after graduating in 1961, Colin began work for them as Correspondence School Manager. He founded Gospel Literature Outreach in June 1965, and continued working for both organisations until prevented from doing so by increasing disability from total motor neurone disease
Motor neurone disease
The motor neurone diseases are a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body. They are generally progressive in nature, and can cause...
. He died in 1981 in Sydney.