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'''Arthur Walkington Pink''' (1 April 1886 – 15 July 1952) was an [[English people|English]] Bible teacher who sparked a renewed interest in the exposition of [[Calvinism]]. Virtually unknown in his own lifetime, Pink became "one of the most influential evangelical authors in the second half of the twentieth century."<ref>Murray, xiii.</ref> 
==Biography==
Arthur Walkington Pink was born in [[Nottingham, England|Nottingham]], [[England]], to a corn merchant, a devout [[non-conformist]] of uncertain denomination, though probably a [[Congregationalist]]. <ref>Murray, 1-5, 15.</ref> Otherwise, almost nothing is known of Pink's childhood or education except that he had some ability and training in music.<ref>Murray, 6.</ref>  As a young man, Pink joined the [[Theosophical Society]] and apparently rose to enough prominence within its ranks that [[Annie Besant]], its head, offered to admit him to its leadership circle.<ref>Murray, 9-–10.</ref>   In 1908 he renounced Theosophy for [[evangelical Christianity]].<ref>Murray, 12-–13.</ref>

Desiring to become a minister but unwilling to attend a liberal theological college in England, Pink very briefly studied at [[Moody Bible Institute]] in 1910 before taking the pastorate of the Congregational church in [[Silverton, Colorado]].  In 1912 Pink left Silverton, probably for California, and then took a joint pastorate of churches in rural [[Burkesville, Kentucky|Burkesville]] and [[Albany, Kentucky|Albany]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>Murray, 16-28.</ref> In 1916, he married Vera E. Russell (1893-–1962), who had been reared in [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]]. Pink's next pastorate seems to have been in [[Scottsville, Kentucky|Scottsville]].  Then the newlyweds moved in 1917 to [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]], where Pink became pastor of Northside Baptist Church.<ref>Murray, 35.</ref> 

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Pink decided that if his ministry was to be totally one of writing, he could do that just as well in England.  In September 1934 he and his wife moved to [[Cheltenham, Gloucestershire]], near honorary agents of ''Studies in the Scriptures.''  Pink seems to have finally 
have given way to despair.  To a friend he wrote "that those of my friends who would dearly like to help me are powerless to do so; while those who could, will not.  And in a very few years at most it will be too late.  What I have gone through the last seven years is so reacting on my physical and mental constitution, that ere long I shall be incapacitated even in doors should be opened unto me. However, I can see nothing else than to attempt to seek grace to bow to the Lord's sovereign pleasure, and (contracted; show full){{DEFAULTSORT:Pink, Arthur}}
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