Torrey Johnson

{{Short description|Youth For Christ Founder}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Torrey Johnson

| image =

| caption = Torrey Johnson speaking at a Youth for Christ rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Ca. 1946

| birth_name = Torrey Maynard Johnson.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|3|15}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|5|15|1909|3|15}}

| occupation = Evangelist and Pastor

| spouse = {{marriage|Evelyn Nilsen |1930|2002}}

| children = Ruth, Torrey Jr, Arleen

| alma mater = Moody Bible Institute and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

| networth =

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Torrey Maynard Johnson (March 15, 1909{{cite web |url=http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/285.htm#3 |title=Papers of Torrey Maynard Johnson - Collection 285 |website=www2.wheaton.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000412225626/http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/guides/285.htm |archive-date=2000-04-12}} – May 15, 2002) {{cite web|title=Social Security Death Index|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi&rank=1&new=1&tid=42049526&tpid=19721846248&ssrc=pt_t42049526_p19721846248&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=Torrey+Maynard&gsln=Johnson&msbdy=1918&msbpn__ftp=Fuquay+Springs%2c+North+Carolina&msddy=1995&msdpn__ftp=Stedman%2c+Cumberland%2c+North+Carolina%2c+United+States+of+America&dbOnly=_F00032DD%7c_F00032DD_x&uidh=zof&msbdd=8&msbdm=10&msddd=28&msddm=2&pcat=34&fh=0&h=31335206&recoff=14+15+16|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=May 25, 2012}} was a Chicago Baptist who is best remembered as the founder of Youth for Christ in 1944. For a time Johnson had his own local radio program called Songs in the Night, which he later turned over to Billy Graham who was also hired as the first full-time evangelist employed by Youth for Christ International. At one time, he was pastor of Messiah Baptist Church, 2930 W. Flournoy Street, Chicago, Illinois, and at a later time in 1967, Senior Pastor at Bibletown Community Church,[https://www.cardcow.com/226868/bibletown-community-church-conference-center-boca-raton-florida/ Postcards of Bibletown Community Church and Conference Center at CardCow.com][https://snaccooperative.org/view/54007284 File for "Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909-" Social Networks and Archival Context] later [https://www.bocacommunity.org/ Boca Raton Community Church], at 470 NW 4th Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33432.[https://archives.wheaton.edu/repositories/4/resources/462 Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College]

[https://archives.wheaton.edu/repositories/4/resources/462/collection_organization Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers, Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College][https://archive.today/20150119180628/http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/285.htm%233 Organized linked descriptions of collected papers or Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers, Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College][http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/285.htm#3 Organized linked descriptions of collected papers or Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers, Collection Identifier: CN 285, Archives of Wheaton College]