D. P. Thomson

David Patrick Thomson (17 ga Mayu 1896 - 16 ga Maris 1974) ya kasance fasto a Cocin Scotland wanda ya bi aikin wa'azin Kirista a matsayin ɗalibi, ministan coci, darektan Cibiyoyin Gidaje, da kuma marubuci kuma mawallafi Kirista. Cameron, Nigel M. de S. (ed.) (1993). Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology. Edinburgh: T & T Clark Ltd.  – article 'Thomson, David Patrick' by P.T. Bisset offers a short assessment.

Lokacin da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1966, Babban Taron Cocin Scotland ya bayyana shi a matsayin "Ɗaya daga cikin fitattun shugabannin Cocin a wannan tsara". 

 Rayuwar farko da aiki 
An haife shi a ranar 17 ga Mayu, 1896 a Dundee, Scotland, DP Thomson ya fara jagorantar ayyukan bishara yayin da yake aiki a matsayin laftanar na Rundunar Sojojin Soja a cikin Rundunar Sojojin Salonika ta Burtaniya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya . Da ya dawo Birtaniya ya ci gaba da wa'azi, da farko a matsayin mai wa'azin bishara mai yawo sannan kuma a matsayin ɗalibi na hidimar United Free Church of Scotland .

A shekarun 1917 da 1918, Thomson shi ne wakilin Ofishin Jakadancin Zuciyar Afirka (wanda yanzu ake kira WEC International ) a Scotland, wanda Charles Studd ya jagoranta a Afirka, kuma a Burtaniya, Mrs Priscilla Studd ta jagoranta. 

A matsayinsa na ɗalibi a Jami'ar Glasgow 'DP' (kamar yadda aka fi sani da shi, "ba tare da rashin girmamawa ba ko da yaushe tare da ƙauna")  ya ƙirƙiri Ƙungiyar Bisharar Ɗaliban Glasgow kuma ya jagoranci kamfen da yawa, 1922–28, yana da alhakin  don ƙarfafa Eric Liddell, ɗan wasan rugby na ƙasa da ƙasa na Scotland kuma ɗan wasan da ya lashe lambar zinare a gasar Olympics, ya yi magana a bainar jama'a game da imaninsa ga Almasihu. 

Thomson ya kammala karatun digiri na MA a Glasgow a shekarar 1922. 

 A matsayina na mai buga littattafai, edita kuma marubuci 
A lokacin da yake horon hidima, Thomson ya kafa kamfanin kasuwanci na Thomson & Cowan kuma ya buga jerin littattafai masu suna Handbooks of Modern Evangelism .  Kamar yadda ya yarda daga baya a rayuwarsa, shi da ɗan'uwansa Robert ne suka gyara waɗannan a ƙarƙashin sunan 'Two University Men'.  Kwafi na jerin shirye-shiryen da aka gudanar a ɗakin karatu na ƙasa na Scotland sune: Evangelism in the Modern World,  Modern Evangelistic Movements,  Winning the Children for Christ  da The Modern Evangelistic Address . 

Thomson ya gyara ko kuma ya rubuta adadi mai yawa na littattafai da ƙasidu kan wa'azin bishara da kuma tarihin cocin Scotland. Waɗannan galibi ana buga su da kansu, abin baƙin ciki ne ga marubucin tarihin rayuwarsa na farko, Rev. Dr. Ian Doyle.  Ayyukan Thomson guda uku na tarihin rayuwarsa sune: Hanyar Dunfermline : Labarin Neman Shekaru Talatin da Biyar,  Dalilin da Yasa Na Yi Imani  da Gamuwa da Kai . 

Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1974
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1896