Richard C. Halverson

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Edward L.R. Elson
Succeeded byLloyd John Ogilvie
Personal details
Born(1916-02-05)5 February 1916
Arlington, Virginia
, US
Spouse
Doris Grace Seaton
(m. 1942)
Children3
Education
OccupationChristian minister

Richard Christian Halverson (6 February 1916 – 28 November 1995) was an American Presbyterian minister and author who served as the chaplain of the United States Senate.[1]

Biography

He was born in

Louis Evans, Jr., Bill Bright, Billy Graham, Roy Rogers and others.[3]

Halverson was a minister of the former

World Vision, from 1956 to 1983, serving as chairman from 1966 to 1983.[2] He was the president of Concern Ministries, a charitable foundation in Washington, D.C.

Halverson was married on 2 February 1942 to Doris Grace Seaton (1915–2009) and they had three children.[2] [4]

Halverson died (from congestive heart failure) on 28 November 1995 at Arlington Hospital in

Arlington Virginia at the age of 79.[5]

Awards

Halverson received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Valley City State University on 20 May 1977, and an honorary

Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award
from the state of North Dakota on 26 March 1994.
[6]

Books

Halverson authored several books in the 1950s–1990s, including:

  • Christian Maturity, with foreword by D
    r. Louis H. Evans
    , Zondervan/Cowman, 1956. Eight subsequent printings.
  • The quiet men: the secret to personal success and effectiveness by men who practice it, 1963[7]
  • Relevance: The Role of Christianity in the Twentieth Century, 1968
  • A Day at a Time, 1974
  • Somehow inside of Eternity, January 1981
  • Timelessness of Jesus Christ, January 1982
  • Word of a Gentleman: Meditations for Modern Man, December 1983
  • Man to Man, January 1984
  • Living Fellowship, January 1986
  • No Greater Power: Perspective for Days of Pressure, August 1986
  • We the People, July 1987
  • Wisdom on Faith, April 1995
  • Wisdom on the Church, April 1995
  • Wisdom on America, December 1995
  • Wisdom on Life, December 1995

Additionally, he wrote the introduction for the following:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ also known informally as The Family and The Fellowship

References

  1. ^ Karen M. Feaver (9 January 1995). "The Soul of the Senate". Christianity Today. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Richard Halverson, 79, a Senate Chaplain". The New York Times. 1 December 1995. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Historical Context of the Healing Revival". www.voiceofhealing.info. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ Nov. 20 - Dec. 19, 2009. "Doris Grace Seaton Halverson". Washington Times. Retrieved 1 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Barnes, Bart (1 December 1995). "R.C. Halverson Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Rev. Richard Halverson, U.S. Senate chaplain, March 1994". The Bismarck Tribune. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  7. LCCN 63021907
    .

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Preceded by
Edward L.R. Elson
60th US Senate Chaplain

2 February 1981 – 11 March 1995
Succeeded by