LOUIS S. BAUMAN
1875 - 1950
Dr. Bauman served
in pastorates at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Roann, Mexico; Indiana; Long Beach, California;
and, Washington D.C. His pastorate at Long
Beach continued for 34 years, building a membership
of over 1,900 and attendances nearing 2,500.
During that time many branch churches were
started in southern California. And over 150
young men and women entered full-time Christian
service, his ministry as an evangelist was
blessed of God. Brethren churches from coast
to coast credit his early meetings as the
beginning of their work.
Dr. Bauman, pastor, missionary statesman,
Bible conference speaker, and author was born
on November 13, 1875, died on November 8,
1950 and was buried on his 75th birthday.
He was the son of an itinerant Brethren minister
and evangelist, William J. H. Bauman. He yielded
to the call of God to the Christian ministry
in young manhood. After a period of successful
ministry, he learned from his mother, "Son,
before you were 2 hours old I lifted you in
my arms and dedicated you to the Lord for
the Christian ministry.
Early in his pastorate
in Philadelphia, a streetcar conductor, James
Gribble, was saved. Mr. Gribble became the
first brethren pioneer missionary to go to
the Central African Republic, a ministry that
has produced today almost 500 Brethren churches
and a membership of over 80,000 African Christians.
Dr. Bauman served on the trustee board and
as a missionary editor of the Foreign Missionary
Society of the Brethren Church from 1904 to
1950.
His gifted pen contributed
many articles to the Sunday School Times,
King’s Business, Moody Monthly, and The
Brethren Missionary Herald. He authored many
booklets but is best known for his books:
The Faith, Light from Bible Prophecy, Russian
Events in the Light of Bible Prophecy, The
Time of Jacob’s Trouble, Philemon, An
Exposition, The Modern Tongues Movement,
and The Approaching End of this Age.
His intense desire for the
Word of God led him into a demanding Bible conference
ministry along with his growing church. He credits
Drs. I. M. Haldeman, C. I. Scofield, A. C. Dixon,
and Arnold Gabelein with a profound influence upon
his understanding of the Word. He was one of the founders
of Grace Theological Seminary. He became one of America’s
foremost Bible teachers on Biblical prophecy, and
was on demand for special prophetic lectures at BIOLA,
Moody, Bob Jones, Multnomah, Grace Seminary and other
conservative schools.
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