13 Facts About Ern Baxter

William John Ernest Baxter was a Canadian Pentecostal evangelist.

Ern Baxter's mother was involved with a holiness church and following his father's conversion they went into classical Pentecostalism.

Later in his teenage years, Ern Baxter went through a period where he lost his faith in reaction to the legalism of religion and became seriously ill from pneumonia.

In 1947, Ern Baxter attended a service in Winnipeg where William Branham was speaking.

Subsequent to the meetings, Branham approached Baxter and told him that he had been praying and the angel of the Lord had spoken to him and told him to invite Ern Baxter to become his companion in ministry.

Ern Baxter left Branham sometime in 1953 or 1954, primarily because Branham was starting to preach things that Ern Baxter felt were "seriously wrong".

Ern Baxter had a major influence not just in the United States but across the world, particularly in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Ern Baxter was deeply rooted theologically, very widely read but profoundly steeped in a powerful Pentecostal background.

Ern Baxter did not limit himself to being a conference speaker.

Ern Baxter believed in the principles of discipleship and took on 12 pastors to mentor and support where he could.

Ern Baxter travelled as much as his health would allow, supporting and visiting his "sons" and their churches.

Ern Baxter did not only teach from his experience but from a massive library of 9,000 plus books and journals that are now housed in a Memorial Library in Mobile, Alabama under the auspices of Charles Simpson Ministries.

Ern Baxter is possibly best known for being part of what was called the Shepherding Movement, an influential and controversial expression of the charismatic renewal in the 1970s and 1980s.