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Northern Ireland-born minister and author

James Edwin Orr (January 15, 1912 – April 22, 1987)^[1] was an Irish-born American Baptist Christian minister, hymnwriter, professor, author^[2] and promoter of church revival and renewal.

Biography

James Edwin Orr was born on 15 January 1912 in Belfast in Ireland (present-day Northern Ireland), of American-British parentage. He was one of the five children of William Stewart Orr and Rose Orr (nee Wright).

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He studied at the College of Technology, Belfast.

In 1930 or 1931, after spending some years as a baker, Orr began evangelising, not only in Britain but also elsewhere in Europe, as well as North America, Australia and South Africa.

During these years he also wrote several accounts of his tours of preaching. On 15 January 1937 he married Ivy Muriel Carol Carlson; they would have four children. The Orrs evangelised in Australia (1939), China, Canada and the United States of America.

In 1939