# Charles Woodbridge > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Woodbridge > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Woodbridge.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Woodbridge > Source revision: 1339824836 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American pastor and professor **Charles Jahleel Woodbridge** (1902 - 1995) was an American Presbyterian missionary, minister, seminary professor, founding member of the [National Association of Evangelicals](/source/National_Association_of_Evangelicals), and author of *The New Evangelicalism*. ## Family and education Woodbridge was born in [Chinkiang, China](/source/Zhenjiang) on January 24, 1902, to Presbyterian missionaries [Samuel Isett](/source/Samuel_Isett_Woodbridge) and Jeanie Wilson (Woodrow) Woodbridge, Sr. His father traced his ancestors to [John Woodbridge](/source/John_Woodbridge), a [Lollard](/source/Lollardy) preacher in 15th century England; his mother was a first cousin to US President [Woodrow Wilson](/source/Woodrow_Wilson).[1] He earned degrees at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University), [Princeton Theological Seminary](/source/Princeton_Theological_Seminary), and [Duke University](/source/Duke_University), and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1927.[2] He was married on March 4, 1930 to Ruth Eyman Dunning,[1] and had four children. He completed his [Doctor of Philosophy](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) at Duke University in 1945 with a dissertation titled *The Chronicle of [Salimbene of Parma](/source/Salimbene_di_Adam): a Thirteenth Century Christian Synthesis*.[3] ## Career Woodbridge served as pastor at First Presbyterian Church in [Flushing, New York](/source/Flushing%2C_New_York) for several years before following the call to become a missionary to [French Cameroons](/source/French_Cameroons) in 1932. Just a few years later, he was appointed by one of his seminary mentors, [John Gresham Machen](/source/John_Gresham_Machen), to serve as secretary general for the newly formed [Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions](/source/Independent_Board_for_Presbyterian_Foreign_Missions). Both he and Machen were later censured by the Presbyterian Church because of their defense of orthodoxy against [liberal and modernist theology](/source/Fundamentalist%E2%80%93Modernist_Controversy).[2] In 1937, Woodbridge became pastor at First Presbyterian Church of [Salisbury, North Carolina](/source/Salisbury%2C_North_Carolina), and in 1945 became pastor of Independent Presbyterian Church in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia).[1] In 1947, he was one of the original prospects recruited for the newly founded [Fuller Theological Seminary](/source/Fuller_Theological_Seminary), and though he initially declined the offer, in 1950 he finally joined the faculty.[4] During the summers, he also served as a Bible teacher for [Word of Life Fellowship](/source/Word_of_Life_Fellowship) in [Schroon Lake](/source/Schroon%2C_New_York).[2] In 1952, he served as president of the [Evangelical Theological Society](/source/Evangelical_Theological_Society). In 1957, Woodbridge resigned his position at Fuller due to his conviction that the seminary was leaving Fundamentalism for the New Evangelicalism.[4] Woodbridge remained a staunch separatist and was critical of movements such as [Billy Graham](/source/Billy_Graham)'s preaching campaigns,[5] and [Campus Crusade](/source/Campus_Crusade)'s [Four Spiritual Laws](/source/Four_Spiritual_Laws).[6] ## Death Woodbridge died on July 16, 1995. He had been living in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.[7] ## Publications - *Standing on the Promises: Rich Truths from the Book of Acts* (1947) - *A Handbook of Christian Truth*, co-authored with [Harold Lindsell](/source/Harold_Lindsell) (1953) - *Romans: The Epistle of Grace* (1953) - *Bible Prophecy* (1962) - *The New Evangelicalism* (1969) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hitler_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hitler_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Hitler_1-2) Maurice Possley, John Woodbridge (2011). *Hitler in the Crosshairs: A GI's Story of Courage and Faith*. Zondervan. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0310578550](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0310578550). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Encyclopedia_2-2) Randall Herbert Balmer (2002). *Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism*. Westminster John Knox Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0664224091](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0664224091). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000926091](https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000926091) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Fuller_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Fuller_4-1) George M. Marsden (1995). *Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism*. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0802808700](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0802808700). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Charles Jahleel Woodbridge (1969). *The New Evangelicalism*. Bob Jones University Press. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Charles Jahleel Woodbridge (1970). *Campus Crusade: Examined in the Light of Scripture*. Bob Jones University Press. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** SSDI v t e Fuller Theological Seminary Founder Charles E. Fuller Presidents Harold Ockenga Edward John Carnell David Allan Hubbard Richard Mouw Mark Labberton David Emmanuel Goatley Faculty Founding Everett F. Harrison Carl F. H. Henry Harold Lindsell Wilbur M. Smith Former Leslie C. Allen Gleason Archer David Augsburger Justin L. Barrett Geoffrey W. Bromiley Oliver D. Crisp Richard J. Foster Daniel Fuller John Goldingay Donald Hagner Paul Hiebert Paul King Jewett Charles H. Kraft William Sanford La Sor George Eldon Ladd Ralph P. Martin James William McClendon Jr. Joy J. Moore Richard Muller J. Edwin Orr Robert N. Schaper Love L. Sechrest Lewis B. Smedes Glen Stassen Thomas Talbott Miroslav Volf C. Peter Wagner Neil Clark Warren Mel White John Wimber Ralph Winter Charles Woodbridge Present Warren S. Brown Scott Cormode William Dyrness John Goldingay Joel B. Green Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Kirsteen Kim Sebastian Kim Seyoon Kim Nancey Murphy Richard Peace Soong-Chan Rah J. 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