Alistair Begg

Alistair Begg is the Senior Pastor of Clevelands Parkside Church , a position he has had since 1983. He is the voice behind the Truth for Life Christian radio preaching and teaching ministry that broadcasts his sermons daily to stations across the United States. He is also the author of several books and has played one small role as a film actor.

Begg was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1952 and still carries a distinctive Scottish accent after nearlyyears of ministry in the United States. On November 2, 1972, his mother died. Regarding the incident, Begg wrote that more spiritual progress is made through failure and tears than success and laughter. Begg graduated from the London School of Theology in 1975 and then served eight years in Scotland at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church in Lanarkshire. Begg is a Council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He was educated at Trent University and Westminster Seminary. Among his influences are Martyn LloydJones, John Stott, Derek Prime, Eric Alexander, Sinclair Ferguson, Dick Lucas, Eric Liddell, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Jim Elliot, and Hudson Taylor.

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