18 Facts About David Chilton

David Harold Chilton was an American pastor, Reconstructionist, speaker and author of several books on economics, eschatology and Christian Worldview from Placerville, California.

David Chilton contributed three books on eschatology: Paradise Restored, The Days of Vengeance, and The Great Tribulation.

David Chilton's book Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt-Manipulators: A Biblical Response to Ronald J Sider was a response to Ronald J Sider's best-selling book, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: A Biblical Study, which promoted various programs of wealth redistribution by the government.

David Chilton began reading the Bible and teaching Bible studies.

The young David Chilton consequently became deeply involved in the nascent Jesus People movement and started a singing group with his sister Jayn and some friends called The Children of Light.

David Chilton frequently spoke, performed music, and taught Bible studies at Christian coffeehouses in Los Angeles, California region.

David Chilton was ordained in the Jesus People Movement by Pat Boone.

David Chilton married his wife, Darlene, and had 3 children, Nathan, Jacob, and Abigail.

In 1981, after several years of pastoring in Anaheim, Chilton wrote his first book, Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt-Manipulators: A Biblical Response to Ronald J Sider over the course of a month with a pencil and paper at a coffeehouse.

David Chilton used his influence to help launch World Magazine with Joel Belz and wrote a monthly column for the publication for years, which was very popular.

David Chilton accepted a job offer from prominent Reconstructionist Gary North as a research assistant at The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas.

In 1986 David Chilton accepted an offer to return to Placerville to pastor the church there.

David Chilton continued to work in pastoral ministry, speak at conferences, write a weekly column for The Sacramento Union newspaper, was counsel for The Field stead Co.

In 1994, David Chilton suffered a massive heart attack and went into a six-week coma.

David Chilton slowly began to recover, though he had difficulty speaking.

David Chilton took his second speaking trip to Australia for a month of engagements and spoke at a church in The Bahamas.

David Chilton became a proponent of the Christian eschatological view known as full preterism.

In 1997, David Chilton suffered his second heart attack and died at the age of 45 years.