Alan Redpath was born in
Newcastle upon Tyne, the only son of James and Christina Redpath. He went to
Durham School, and then studied to be chartered
accountant in Newcastle, completing this in 1928. He then worked as the chartered accountant for
ICI until 1935. In 1936, he joined the Young Life|National Young Life Campaign as an evangelist, where he served until he was called to be pastor of Duke Street
Baptist Church in
Richmond, London in May 1940. In 1953 he moved to the
United States and became the pastor of the
Moody Church in
Chicago. In 1955, Redpath was elected President of
Unevangelized Fields Mission in the United Kingdom. Redpath ministered at Moody Church until 1962. In 1961,
Houghton College awarded Redpath an honorary
Doctorate of Divinity degree. Redpath returned to the
United Kingdom in 1962 as pastor of
Charlotte Baptist Chapel,
Edinburgh, Scotland. While at Charlotte Baptist, he suffered a near-fatal stroke in 1964, but was able to recover, although he suffered from deep depression for a period afterwards. He preached there until 1966, when he embarked on ministry as a traveling missionary and conference speaker. In 1969, he became Field Representative for
Capernwray Missionary Fellowship, and then in 1975 he was named Pastoral Dean of
Capernwray Bible School. Redpath married, and had two daughters. He died on 16 March 1989 in
Birmingham, England. Perhaps his most well-known quote is, "When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and he crushes him." Other notable quotes are; "The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime." "The Christian life doesn't get easier as one gets older." ==Bibliography==