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The ReverendIain Murray
Murray at Draper's Valley Presbyterian Church, Virginia, in 2009
Born	(1931-04-19) 19 April 1931 (age 93) Lancashire, England
Education	University of Durham
Known for	Assisting Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel Founding Banner of Truth Trust
Title	Editorial Director
Website	banneroftruth.org

Iain Hamish Murray (born 19 April 1931) is a British pastor and author who co-founded the Reformed publishing house, the Banner of Truth Trust.

Early life

Iain Murray was born on 19 April 1931. He was educated in the Isle of Man at King William's College. Murray was converted in 1949.

In the summer of 1950 he was commissioned in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) rifle regiment of the British Army, serving in Singapore and Malaya in the suppression of the communist insurgency known as the "Malayan Emergency". He transferred to the Army reserve in 1955 and resigned his commission the following year.

After his military service, Murray studied Philosophy and History at the University of Durham, graduating with a BA in 1954. In 1955 he married Jean Ann Walters and became assistant minister at St. John's Free Church, Summertown, Oxford.

Christian work

Murray served as assistant to Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel (1956–59) and subsequently at Grove Chapel, London (1961–69) and St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Sydney, Australia, (1981–84). In 1957 he and Jack Cullum founded the Reformed publishing house, the Banner of Truth Trust, for which he remains a trustee.

Murray and his wife live in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Theological positions

According to certain sources Murray's theological positions are:

• 5-point Calvinist
• Paedobaptist (advocates infant baptism)
• Post-millennial
• Covenant theology

Works

Books by Iain Murray include:

• Australian Christian Life from 1788 : an introduction and an anthology, (1988), ISBN 0-85151-524-X
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The First Forty Years, (1982), ISBN 0-85151-353-0
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones : The Fight of Faith, (1990), ISBN 0-85151-564-9
• The Forgotten Spurgeon, (1966), ISBN 0-85151-156-2
• Spurgeon and the Church of England, (1966) – a booklet
• Jonathan Edwards : A New Biography, (1988), ISBN 0-85151-494-4
• The Life of Arthur W. Pink, ISBN 0-85151-883-4
• The Life of John Murray : Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1937–1966, (1984), ISBN 0-85151-422-7, ISBN 0-85151-426-X
• The Puritan Hope : Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy, (1971, London: Banner of Truth Trust), ISBN 0-85151-247-X (pbk)
• Revival & Revivalism : The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism 1750–1858, (1994), ISBN 0-85151-660-2
• Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism : The Battle for Gospel Preaching, (1995, London: Banner of Truth Trust), ISBN 0-85151-692-0 (pbk)
• Pentecost today? : The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival, (1998), ISBN 0-85151-752-8
• Evangelicalism Divided : A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000, (2000), ISBN 0-85151-783-8
• Diary of Kenneth MacRae : a record of fifty years in the Christian ministry, (1980), ISBN 0-85151-297-6
• The Invitation System, (1960), ISBN 0-85151-171-6
• Letters of Charles Haddon Spurgeon , (1992), ISBN 0-85151-606-8
• Should the Psalter be the only hymnal of the church?, (2001), ISBN 0-85151-809-5
• The Reformation of the Church : a collection of Reformed and Puritan documents on Church issues, (1965), ISBN 0-85151-118-X (pbk)
• The Unresolved Controversy : unity with non-Evangelicals, (2001), ISBN 0-85151-810-9 (pbk)
• Wesley and Men Who Followed, ISBN 0-85151-835-4
• Old Evangelicalism – Old Truths for a New Awakening, ISBN 0-85151-901-6
• The Happy Man: The Abiding Witness of Lachlan Mackenzie, (1979), ISBN 0-85151-282-8
• A Scottish Christian Heritage, (2006), ISBN 0-85151-930-X
• Lloyd-Jones: Messenger of Grace, (2008), ISBN 0-85151-975-X
• Heroes, (2009), ISBN 978-1-84871-024-5
• The Undercover Revolution: how fiction changed Britain, (2009), ISBN 978-1-84871-012-2
• Rest in God: a calamity in contemporary Christianity, (2010), ISBN 978-1-84871-081-8 (booklet)
• John MacArthur: Servant of the Word and Flock, (2011), ISBN 978-1-84871-112-9
• Archibald G. Brown: Spurgeon's Successor, (2011), ISBN 978-1-84871-139-6
• Evangelical Holiness and other addresses, (2013), ISBN 978-1-84871-319-2
• Amy Carmichael: Beauty for Ashes, (2015), ISBN 978-1-84871-552-3
• J. C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone, (2016), ISBN 978-1-84871-679-7

References

1. ^ "Iain Murray: Ninety Today". Westminster Presbyterian Theological Seminary. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
2. ^ "Iain Murray". Monergism.com (biography). Portland, Oregon: Christian Publication Resource Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
3. "No. 39063". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 1950. p. 5611.
4. "No. 40527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 July 1955. p. 3864.
5. "No. 40807". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1956. p. 3575.
6. "Supplement". University of Durham Gazette. 1 (New Series): 23. 16 August 1954. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
7. Johnson, Larry G. (17 February 2017). "Ecumenicalism – The Evangelical Church's misguided group hug – Part I". CultureWarrior.net. Owasso, Oklahoma. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
8. "Iain H. Murray". Banner of Truth (biography). Banner of Truth Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
9. George, Timothy, ed. (1 October 2009). J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought. Beeson Divinity Studies. Baker Academic. p. 124. ISBN 9780801033872.
10. Stein, Stephen J. (2007). The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards. Cambridge University Press. p. 230.
11. Gribben, Crawford (2021). Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest. Oxford University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-19-937022-1. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

External links

• "Iain H. Murray". Banner of Truth (biography). Banner of Truth Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
• "Iain Murray". Monergism.com (biography). Portland, Oregon: Christian Publication Resource Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
• "All articles by Iain H. Murray in Evangelical Times". Evangelical Times. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
• The Banner of Truth Trust – "Biblical Christianity through Literature"
• Dr. Andrew David Naselli's review of Iain Murray's Evangelicalism Divided followed by a lengthy annotated bibliography
• "A Revival of Calvinism: An Interview with Iain Murray". Ligonier Ministries. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

• 1931 births
• Living people
• English Christian religious leaders
• 21st-century British Presbyterian ministers
• English Calvinist and Reformed Christians
• Clergy from Lancashire
• People educated at King William's College
• Alumni of the College of the Venerable Bede, Durham
• British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency
• Cameronians officers
• 20th-century English Presbyterian ministers
• 21st-century English Presbyterian ministers