F. W. Boreham

Frank William Boryham (March 3, 1871, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England - May 18, 1959, Melbourne, Victoria) was a Baptist preacher, best known in New Zealand, Australia and England. The birth of Borkham coincided with the end of the Franco-Prussian war. In subsequent years, he could say: “Volleys of artillery and the ringing of bells echoed throughout Europe on the morning of my birth.” He was one of 10 children. Borkham heard the great American preacher Dwight L. Moody in his youth. In another case, he was seriously injured and spent considerable time in the hospital, recovering from a Catholic woman who expanded her understanding of ecumenism. Borkham became a Baptist preacher after converting to Christianity while working in London. He was probably the last student interviewed by Charles Spurgeon for his pastor's college entrance. After graduation, Boreham accepted service in the church of Mosgiel, Dunedin, New Zealand, in March 1895, and his fruitful work began there, initially for the local newspaper. He was later a pastor in Hobart, Tasmania, and then on mainland Australia in Melbourne in Armadale and Kew. He conditionally retired in 1928 at the age of 57, but continued to preach and write. During Billy Graham's evangelistic campaign in Australia in early 1959, Graham sought out Boreham for discussion, thanks in part to Boreham's widely read and respected writings.