J. I. Packer Biography

James Innell Packer (born in Gloucester England) is a British-born Canadian Christian theologian in the Calvinistic Anglican tradition. He currently serves as the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver British Columbia. He is considered to be one of the most important evangelical theologians of the late 20th century.
The son of a clerk for the Great Western Railway Packer won a scholarship to Oxford University. He was educated at Corpus Christi College obtaining the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (1948) Master of Arts (1952) and Doctor of Philosophy (1955).
It was as a student at Oxford where he first met C.S. Lewis whose teachings would become a major influence in his life. In a meeting of the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union Packer committed his life to Christian service.
He spent a brief time teaching Greek at Oak Hill Theological College in London and in 1949 entered Wycliffe Hall Oxford to study theology. He was ordained a deacon (1952) and priest (1953) in the Church of England within which he became recognized as a leader in the Evangelical movement. He was Assistant Curate of Harborne Heath in Birmingham 1952-54 and Lecturer at Tyndale Hall Bristol 1955-61. He was Librarian of Latimer House Oxford 1961-62 and Principal 1962-69. In 1970 he became Principal of Tyndale Hall Bristol and from 1971 until 1979 he was Associate Prinicipal of Trinity College Bristol which had been formed from the amalgamation of Tyndale Hall with Clifton College and Dalton House-St Michael's.

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