Introduce a pastor - Paul Washer
Paul Washer
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Paul David Washer
NationalityAmericanEducation
Southwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryOccupationFounder/Director, Missions Coordinator,
PastorReligion
Christian (
Baptist)Spouse(s)Charo Washer
Paul David Washer (born 1961) is the Founder/Director & Missions Coordinator of
HeartCry Missionary Society which supports
indigenous missionary work.
[1] He is also a
Southern Baptist itinerant preacher. Washer's sermons tend to have an evangelistic focus on the
gospel and the
doctrine of the
assurance of salvation and
predestination, and he frequently speaks against practices such as the
sinner's prayer, and a focus on numerical
church growth
Washer had a born again experience while studying to become an oil and gas lawyer at the University of Texas. Upon graduation, he attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and achieved a Master of Divinity degree. He then moved to Peru to become a missionary for 10 years, after which he returned to the United States. Washer resides in Radford, Virginia,[2] where he lives with his wife and three children.
Washer's sermons often focus on the character of Christ and how a person is saved from Hell. According to Washer, a person is saved through faith alone, but the evidence of a person's walk with Jesus is by repentance. Washer claims that most people who profess a belief in Christianity aren't truly saved. Washer blames preachers, as he claims many preachers often say a person is saved without looking for evidence of repentance in that person's life.
Washer preaches that those who claim to be a Christian but still live like the world may not even be saved (he does not proclaim that anyone in particular is going to Hell). He gleans this teaching from Matthew 7:15-23.
Washer cites Thomas Watson, John Flavel, R.C. Sproul, John F. MacArthur, George Muller, John Piper, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Charles Spurgeon, Leonard Ravenhill, John Wesley, A.W. Tozer and Martyn Lloyd-Jones among others, as influences.[3] He has frequently appeared on Christian radio to discuss how people are saved.[