Thomas Houghton
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Thomas Houghton was an Irish born Anglican Clergyman and long-time editor of the Gospel Magazine. He was born in Cork
in 1859, and died in Bristol
on 26 January 1951.
After studying for the ministry in Manchester he was ordained in 1885. He ministered in the following places:
His wife, who had borne him four sons and four daughters, died in 1934. Of his children, three sons and two daughters served as missionaries abroad. These included Frank Houghton
(1894-1972), bishop of East Sichuan
and General Director of the China Inland Mission
, and Alfred Thomas Houghton (1896-1993), Secretary of the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society.
He edited The Gospel Magazine
, one of the oldest evangelical periodicals still in production, from 1916 to 1951. He was also involved in The Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony and the Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel, later incorporated in the Messianic Testimony.
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
in 1859, and died in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
on 26 January 1951.
After studying for the ministry in Manchester he was ordained in 1885. He ministered in the following places:
- Emmanuel, Bolton
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- ChaddertonChaddertonChadderton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England, historically a part of Lancashire...
- StaffordStaffordStafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14...
- DerbyDerbyDerby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
- Kensington Chapel, Bath (1898-1917)
- Christ Church, Whitington (c1917-1949)
His wife, who had borne him four sons and four daughters, died in 1934. Of his children, three sons and two daughters served as missionaries abroad. These included Frank Houghton
Frank Houghton
Frank Houghton was a Anglican missionary bishop and author.Houghton was born in Stafford and educated at London University and ordained in 1917. He held curacies at St Benedict, Everton and All Saints, Preston before heading to China as a missionary. He was Bishop of Eastern Szechwan from...
(1894-1972), bishop of East Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
and General Director of the China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission
OMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...
, and Alfred Thomas Houghton (1896-1993), Secretary of the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society.
He edited The Gospel Magazine
The Gospel Magazine
The Gospel Magazine is a Calvinist, evangelical magazine from the United Kingdom, and is one of the longest running of such periodicals, having been founded in 1766. Most of the editors have been Anglicans. It is currently published bi-monthly....
, one of the oldest evangelical periodicals still in production, from 1916 to 1951. He was also involved in The Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony and the Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel, later incorporated in the Messianic Testimony.