Led by The Holy Spirit - HolySpirit Enriched Life of Evangelist Philip - Rev. Dr. Theodore Williams
Channel: Tamil Christian Sound Doctrine Resources-King of King's Christ Jesus Vision Inscribed InTouch
Date: 2015-12-30

Led by The Holy Spirit - HolySpirit Enriched Life of Evangelist Philip - Rev. Dr. Theodore Williams
Full Biography is available in
http://kingofkingsvisioninscribed.blogspot.com/2015/12/rev-drtheodore-williamsa-example-to.html
Adapted from
https://spiritualwhip.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/dr-theodore-williams-a-example-to-modern-generation/
A revised version of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo5ReukPzVI
An audio recording from the Keswick Convention, Cumbria, England.
Adapted from Ministry Archive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1zZtwVCU0&feature=youtube_gdata
https://www.keswickministries.org/
Dr.Theodore Williams was born on 24th February 1935  in the town of Nazareth in Tuticorin District of TamilNadu, India. His grandfather was an Anglican Priest and His father was a School teacher. He was the eldest of his four siblings. Being born in a strict Christian family He attended church services, Sunday school in time and was made to memorize short-prayers, Bible verses and Confessing the Sermon points in Home..

He finished his SSLC honors at the age of 14..since his age was too premature for college, He started learning type-writing, book-keeping, and Hindi too...All these things helped him in the later stage of His ministry. Then he pursued his Inter-mediate in Loyola college. During his college, he had a deep affinity towards Dravidian politics and also wrote stories in a Tamil monthly magazine. After completing his Intermediate, He earned a Degree in Statistics from Madras University. Though he had the chance and talent to write Civil Service examinations, yet he started to lose interest in it..Slowly disorderliness started creeping in his life and his craze over his Political Heroes started diminishing when he came to know more secrets about their Personal lives.

In 1953, He went to a Revival meeting in Immanuel Methodist Church, Chennai for the sake of listening and relishing Music and Songs...But, God touched him through that meeting and He surrendered himself to LORD…In spite of his surrender, He wasn’t completely transformed yet...Through the teachings of Bro. Bhakta Singh, LORD started speaking with him more and He was feeling a transformation in his life. Slowly, He was getting interested in Worship and he went on to participate in Methodist Choir.

The climax came when He saw his pastor, Rev. Albert Shaneck(who believed in Liberal theology) surrendered himself completely at an Alter-call given in a Baptist Missionary meeting..When, Theodore Williams saw how his pastor, in spite of being a Reverend didn't shy or hesitate to go towards the altar in surrendering himself completely for Christ, He was Completely Shaken…After a serious of events and experiences, on April 28,1954 He completely surrendered his Heart and life for Jesus Christ. From then His life was totally changed and new desires for Christ started growing in Him. He then started to serve as a Sunday school teacher in Immanuel Methodist Church...

After realizing his call of ministry, He decided to pursue Theological education against the Will of His parents...He left his home for studying Theology in South India Bible Institute(SIBI), Bangarpet, Karnataka...The belongings he had were only 3 sets of dress,1 suitcase box, and 1 Bedsheet...His parents threatened that the principal of the college will be sued to Court if they admit their son (Theodore Williams)...But, He never gave in to those threats, rather was Strong in his vision and calling...However oppositions he faced, He remembered the promise verse God gave to him,” for them that honor me I will honor,“(1 Samuel 2:30).

To manage the expenses of his studies, He worked part-time by cleaning wash-rooms, getting groceries for Hostel...Knowing all these sufferings still, His parents never came forward to help him. But God was wonderfully helping him. There came a time when a quarrel arose in the seminary. The domination of Malayalees was much in the college and Theodore was unhappy with their norms and habits. At that time God spoke to him in a different way,” If you cannot love and be in harmony with them in this Earth, How can you live with them in Heaven?”... At that time the Holy Spirit filled him with his love to understand and love others…He learned to trust completely in God, Be prepared to do anything for God and be in harmony with everyone during his Bible college days.

After completing his 2-year diploma, he then finished his Bachelors of Doctorate in Serampore university...God then gave him a job to serve as a preacher in the Immanuel Methodist Church. Out of the income he earned, he sent half to his parents(who never came forward to help him in his difficult times) This showed the love and respect he had for his parents...After serving the gospel of God on numerous occasions, he gained many spiritual friends. In 1959, He and his friends (Sam kamalesan, P.Samuel, Fred David) formed “Friends Missionary Prayer Band“(FMPB). In 1965 He started Indian Evangelical Mission (IEM).