Paul Washer

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American missionary

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namePaul David Washer
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birth_placeBrookport, Illinois, U.S.
occupationMissionary, Evangelist, Preacher
spouseRosario "Charo" Washer
children4
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| name = Paul David Washer | image = Paul washer profile.jpg | image size = | birth_date = | birth_place = Brookport, Illinois, U.S. | occupation = Missionary, Evangelist, Preacher | spouse = Rosario "Charo" Washer | children = 4 | education = Paul David Washer (born September 11, 1961) is an American Christian Evangelist and author. He is from the Reformed Baptist tradition.

Biography

Washer reports converting to Christianity while studying at the University of Texas at Austin to become an oil and gas lawyer. He moved to Peru and served there as a missionary for 10 years. In 1988, while in Peru, Washer founded the HeartCry Missionary Society to support indigenous missionaries witnessing to people of their own cultures. As of 2017, the organization supported 238 missionary families in 41 countries. At the end of 2022, it supported 326 missionary families in 62 countries.

Washer later returned to the United States. In 2010, he moved to Radford, Virginia, and he now resides in Roanoke, Virginia, where he is currently the Executive Director of HeartCry. HeartCry's offices have been based in Roanoke since 2022.

Washer is sometimes identified as part of the New Calvinism movement, although he has expressed concerns with this movement.

In 2002, Washer preached a "shocking youth message" in which he suggested that most of his "Christian" audience will end up in hell because of the false gospel they are deceiving themselves with. As of 2023, the YouTube video of the talk has received more than 4 million views. Washer appeared in the 2018 documentary American Gospel: Christ Alone, in which he said, "In other religions, you get to heaven by being good, by earning it..."

In 2017, Washer suffered a heart attack

Books

References

References

  1. Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950–1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
  2. (April 15, 2014). "Rosario 'Charo' Washer Interview!".
  3. (May 21, 2009). "Charo Washer's Testimony - Charo Washer".
  4. Frye, John. (September 6, 2010). "Who is Paul Washer?".
  5. Clark, Heather. (March 21, 2017). "Preacher, HeartCry Missionary Founder Paul Washer Suffers Heart Attack". Christian News Network.
  6. Washer, Paul. (October 31, 2009). "Paul Washer's Story".
  7. "Paul Washer".
  8. (February 1, 2017). "Paul Washer".
  9. (September 2025). "HeartCry at a Glance".
  10. "History of HeartCry".
  11. (March 21, 2017). "Paul Washer, HeartCry Missionary Society Founder, Suffers Heart Attack". [[Christian Post]].
  12. Washer, Paul David. (Spring 2023). "2022 mission report".
  13. Washer, Paul. (June 15, 2010). "We have been in Radford VA....".
  14. Washer, Paul. (June 7, 2010). "We have finally moved...".
  15. "Church & Family Life".
  16. "Paul Washer – HeartCry Missionary Society".
  17. (2022). "Heartcry Missionary Society Incorporated in Roanoke, Virginia".
  18. "Waldvogel".
  19. Challies, Tim. (July 30, 2013). "An Interview With Paul Washer (Part 2)".
  20. Stephen. (July 30, 2013). "Paul Washer's 7 Warnings to "New Calvinists"".
  21. Washer, Paul. (2017). "New Calvinism: New Reformation Or Theological Fad?". Christian Focus Publications.
  22. Washer, Paul. (2009). "Dangers Facing the Young and Reformed". HeartCry Missionary Society.
  23. (November 25, 2006). "Paul Washer - Shocking Message (full length)".
  24. (August 14, 2020). "Six ways 'American Gospel' is small-minded and abusive". [[Baptist News Global]].
  25. Washer, Paul. (2023-11-19). "After some medical tests...".

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