Church Army training centre named for Capt. Ray Taylor.Capt. Raymond (Ray) Taylor, who served as director of the Church Army in Canada for 37 years, died Oct. 31 at the age of 91. "For many of us, 'Captain T' was larger than life larg·er than life adj. Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. ," wrote the current national director of the evangelical organization, Capt. Bruce Smith This article is about the football player. For other uses, see Bruce Smith (disambiguation). Bruce Bernard Smith (born June 18, 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a former NFL football player who currently holds the NFL record for most career quarterback sacks with 200. , on the Church Army's Web site. Born in Aurora, Ont., Mr. Taylor joined the armed forces during World War II, serving in the medical corps. Upon his return, he joined the Church Army and was commissioned as an officer in 1948. He traveled to Sunset Prairie, a rural community in northeastern British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , to start a church community "I went up the Northern Alberta Norhern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. Its primary industry is oil and gas, with large heavy oil reserves being exploited at the Athabasca Oil Sands and Wabasca Area in the east of the region. Railway all the way to Dawson Creek Dawson Creek, city (1991 pop. 10,981), E British Columbia, Canada, near the Alta. border, on Dawson Creek and NE of Prince George. An important grain-shipping center, it is the southern terminus of the Alaska Highway. ," he recalled, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a profile published in 1985 in the Anglican Journal's predecessor, the Canadian Churchman. A fellow passenger told him he was wasting his time, since there were only a few people there. Two years later, there was an active congregation. In 1950, he was recalled to Toronto and became involved in rebuilding the Church Army training centre, becoming its director in 1952. Founded in Great Britain in 1882 by Rev. Wilson Carlile, the Church Army began as an evangelistic and social-service movement among working-class people, under the auspices of the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. . It expanded to Canada in 1929. Capt. Taylor oversaw the expansion of the training centre to four adjoining houses. According to the Churchman profile, more than 175 men and women were trained as lay evangelists under Capt. Taylor's leadership, many progressing to ordination. He was especially interested in prison ministry and youth. He and his wife Dorothy "would open their home every Monday night to the students for an evening of fellowship, prayer and refreshment. They shared a missionary heart, a deep concern for those who struggle on the margins and a solid conviction that Christ brings hope in the here-and-now and for eternity," wrote Capt. Smith. Capt. Taylor was granted the Anglican Award of Merit in 1991. In 1998, the training centre was moved to St. John, N.B., and renamed the Taylor College of Evangelism. Capt. Taylor was predeceased by Dorothy and is survived by two daughters, a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews. |
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