Torrey Johnson Explained

Torrey Maynard Johnson (March 15, 1909^[1] – May 15, 2002) ^[2] was a Chicago Baptist who is best remembered as the founder of Youth for Christ in 1944. For a time Johnson had his own local radio program called Songs in the Night, which he later turned over to Billy Graham who was also hired as the first full-time evangelist employed by Youth for Christ International. At one time, he was pastor of Messiah Baptist Church, 2930 W. Flournoy Street, Chicago, Illinois, and at a later time in 1967, Senior Pastor at Bibletown Community Church,^{[3] [4]} later Boca Raton Community Church, at 470 NW 4th Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33432.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

External links

• Torrey Johnson Papers, Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College

Notes and References

1. Web site: Papers of Torrey Maynard Johnson - Collection 285 . www2.wheaton.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20000412225626/http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/guides/285.htm . 2000-04-12.
2. Web site: Social Security Death Index. Ancestry.com. May 25, 2012.
3. https://www.cardcow.com/226868/bibletown-community-church-conference-center-boca-raton-florida/ Postcards of Bibletown Community Church and Conference Center at CardCow.com
4. https://snaccooperative.org/view/54007284 File for "Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909-" Social Networks and Archival Context
5. https://archives.wheaton.edu/repositories/4/resources/462 Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College
6. https://archives.wheaton.edu/repositories/4/resources/462/collection_organization Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers, Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College
7. https://archive.today/20150119180628/http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/285.htm%233 Organized linked descriptions of collected papers or Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers, Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College
8. http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/285.htm#3 Organized linked descriptions of collected papers or Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers, Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College