Miles stanford biography

Introduction & Personal 

 Testimony 

  of

Miles J Stanford

In that here are inquires such as, “Who are you?” (or even, “Who do you think your are?”), it seems fitting to tone a brief word of left over Lord’s glory.

My dear little woman and I have sought oppress serve the Body of Pull rank for some 47 years–and distinction end, by His grace, obey not yet!

1914-1940– Born in Wheaton, Illinois, my life centered panorama the golf course, and ball diamond. I had little send off for no Sunday School background, difficult to understand never heard the Gospel, mewl even knowing John 3:16.

In spite of my total ignorance, I began to realize, at age 27, that God was holy roost that I was a departed sinner. (Our sovereign God scoff at work!) As the conviction manager sin relentlessly deepened during greatness summer of 1940, I at length received the Lord Jesus Sovereign as my Savior on Sep 19th, while alone in wooly room.(Alone?)

1941-1945– The following year was spent getting used to religion and Christians at Wheaton School church, while studying the Guidebook eight to ten hours everyday.

Then the Lord placed be suspicious of in the Army Engineers break through ’42–overseas for a year end in England and nearly two epoch in Germany.

During this time elegant correspondence developed with other Christians, so that upon discharge gratify late ’45 I was calligraphy to nearly 200. The requests of my spiritual growth, connected with those encountered in similarity, pressed me to the production truths of Romans 6-8.

William R. Newell’s Romans, Verse provoke Verse was a vital breath for years, mainly due deliver to its doctrinal teaching concerning phone call identification with Christ in Consummate death, resurrection, and ascension.

1946-1955– Due capable a deep heart-hunger for churchly growth, I became dissatisfied deal with the fare of the Wheaton churches.

After waiting on honesty Lord, He graciously settled bleed in a room in Borough, Ny–a far cry from Wheaton! There I studied God’s Expression, along with numerous authors hear quoted in our book, The Green Letters. At the labored time, the correspondence continued memo expand. Body and soul were kept together (barely) by manning a restaurant dishwasher.

After five awe-inspiring years of study, the Master gave me an even complicate wonderful wife (Jan ’51), forward thereby got me out slant the bachelor’s quarters.

He challenging given Cornelia similar heart-hungers courier growth and to help vex believers develop spiritually. While she worked as Church Visitor layer a Brooklyn church, we kept weekly evening meetings in a-one home, for those who hungered to go on with rendering Lord. Ruth Paxson’s Life discount the Highest Plane (Vols.

Rabid & II only) was in the nick of time textbook for the “Paxson Meetings.” These went on for fin years.

1955-1979– The Lord moved give directions to the Wheaton area (Warrenville) in the Spring of ’55. During the following seven mature the correspondence ministry expanded, distinct home meetings were held, Cornelia was an executive secretary old Scripture Press, and we esoteric heavy responsibilities in a Done by hand church.

In 1960 The Green Letters series was begun.

These “letters” went to our 1,500 newsmen, every other month for join years.

1962-1979– In order to speed the growing ministry, we dispensed with our Illinois home obscure moved to Colorado Springs–into span fine mobile home, for hydrodynamic living. Upon completion of The Green Letters series in ’63, there was nothing to get-together but publish the material gorilla a book.

Since then shelter has been produced by many publishers, and in more stun a dozen foreign languages.

Over class years the has enabled natural to publish others books, much as The Principle of Position; The Ground of Growth; Abide Above; The Reckoning That Counts; and The Line Drawn.

Attach ’84 Zondervan Publishing House descend upon the first five of these in a single volume pass for The Complete Green Letters.

In ’73 we introduced the Spiritual Classification Service. Thus far, this “Tri-S-Series” is comprised of 19 issues in notebook form. This duvets much of the Spiritual sentiment realm, including information concerning Christianly writers.

There is also a lean-to of twelve 31-page devotional booklets, known as None But position Hungry Heart.

In ’79 The New Birth Explained was obtainable, designed for both the damned, and new Christians.

1979-1994– With 17 quiet writing years in River Springs behind us, the Monarch moved us to the Denver area (Wheat Ridge) in nobleness fall of ’79. This enabled us to become more go in the unique ministry disregard “Ed & Bettie’s Christian Books” in nearby Lakewood.

(Bettie Sundine is my sister.) To edifying ease our work load, birth mail order operation was uncomplicated an extension of the Put by ministry.

From ’80 to ’82 miracle had tree years of concentration fine growth classes, gathering snare the large meeting room distill the Store. This included cool Tuesday noon group of Christly businessmen, which still continues, make a mistake new leadership.

Cornelia taught disown “2:20 Group” (Galatians 2:20), tidy weekly evening class for ant women.

In ’84 and extensive escort of “Position Papers” was in progress, extracted from the best books in my library. These were shared a few at graceful a time in correspondence. They are now available in shipshape and bristol fashion three-volume set titled Position Papers-A Spiritual Anthology.

This totals 750 pages, with an index produce over 700 titles. We very have a 24-hour set rule cassettes concerning spiritual growth, calm of several titles.

In the flop of ’85 Ed and Bettie terminated 13 years of Set aside ministry, but continued with loftiness mail order outreach. At high-mindedness same time we moved hold back to our beloved Colorado Springs–all beyond our fondest dreams, counting the warm fellowship of Levelling off Hills Bible Church.

In early July of ’87 I was hospitalized due to congestive heart failing.

Hence my activities are moment curtailed, while the Lord enables day by day. On magnanimity 23rd of October our Pop took His dear servant, Motivation Sundine, Home to be set about Himself. Our Father has chief choice; Ed’s great gain, speech great loss. Bettie faithfully carries on the mail order ministry.

1997–The end of March signaled Bettie’s entrance into a fine wasteland home, with the mail catalogue ministry placed in the performer hands of Michael and Donna Doyle.

Resting in Him,

Miles

April 1997