Torrey Johnson
Evangelist, Organization founder
1909 – 2002
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Who was Torrey Johnson?
Torrey Maynard Johnson was a Chicago Protestant evangelist who is best remembered as the founder of Youth for Christ in 1944. For a time Johnson had his own local radio program called "Songs in the Night" which he later turned over to Billy Graham who was also hired as the first full time evangelist employed by Youth for Christ International.
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- Born
- Mar 15, 1909
Chicago - Religion
- Baptists
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Wheaton College
- Died
- May 15, 2002
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on July 23, 2013
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