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- Harry Denman was a noted Methodism lay leader and evangelist within the Methodist Church who emphasized the life taught by Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount. Denman strongly challenged modern materialism and prejudice by exemplifying and teaching a simple life, and by personally relating to all people, regardless of race, gender, or economic means. His personal property was very limited; for example he usually had only one pair of shoes and refused to wear a watch, preferring to ask for the time as a way of starting a conversation. Articles that were given to him were generally given away to the needy. He was a close friend of another well-known evangelist, Billy Graham who called Denman "one of the great mentors for evangelism." He was born September 26, 1893 in Birmingham, Alabama of Hattie Leonard and William Harry Denman, who immigrated from Gloucestershire, England. He earned a bachelor's degree from Birmingham-Southern College in 1921, and a master's degree in social work in 1930. In 1936 he received an honorary doctorate from Athens State University in Alabama. In 1915, Denman became secretary of the Birmingham Sunday School Association, a post which he held until 1919, when he became church manager of the First Methodist Church in Birmingham. In 1938 he was elected secretary for the Department of Evangelism in the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Then, in 1939, he became the General Secretary of the Commission on Evangelism, later known as the General Board of Evangelism, of the newly formed The Methodist Church. As the general secretary, he also had responsibility for the publication of The Upper Room, a devotional publication. He was also a member of the Jurisdictional Conferences in 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952. On January 31, 1949, Denman was among a group of nine dedicated Methodists whose desire to directly support evangelism ministry in the church led them to incorporate The Foundation for Evangelism. Denman was also instrumental in establishing the International Prayer Fellowship. This organization was headquartered in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina where a prayer chapel dedicated to Denman still exists in the historic Lambuth Inn. In 1965, Denman retired from The General Board of Evangelism. He accepted his final salary from the General Board and donated it to The Foundation for Evangelism. He then traveled extensively in the United States and throughout the world to preach and conduct evangelistic meetings. He died November 8, 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama at the age of 83. (en)
- 戴孟亨利 (Henry Mong) 是有名的衛理會平信徒領袖，作為傳教士，他強調耶穌於西摩山的遭遇是生命的指導。戴孟亨利強烈質疑現代物質主義，強調簡單生活，以及個人與所有人的關係，這種關係不分種族、性別和階級。他的個人財產非常少，經常只有一對鞋，又拒絕戴表，常以詢問時間來打開話題。他的好友葛培理常指戴孟亨利其中一個偉大的傳教士導師。 他於1893年9月26日，出生於亞拉班馬州的伯明翰。父母Hattie Leonard和William Harry Denman都是來自英格蘭告羅士打郡的移民。他於1921於伯明翰南方學院畢業，得到學士學位，1930獲社會工作的碩士學位。於1936年，獲亞拉巴馬州雅典州立大學的榮譽博士學位。1915年，戴孟亨利曾是伯明翰主日學協會秘書，直到1919年，他接首伯明翰首個衛理教會的教堂經理為止。 於1938年，他被選為衛理會傳道委員的秘書。於1939年，他成為衛理教會屬下一個新部門的總秘書。. 他擔任總秘書期間，承起出版The Upper Room一書的任務。 於1949年1月31日，戴孟亨利成為傳道基金的創辦之一。 1965年, 戴孟亨利由The General Board of Evangelism and The Foundation退下來.他將他最後的薪水捐給基金。他之後於美國和全世界來回穿梭傳教和主持佈道會。他於1976年11月8日於亞拉巴馬州的伯明翰逝世，享年83歲。 戴孟利曾經在1967年來到台灣傳教。 (zh)
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- Harry Denman was a noted Methodism lay leader and evangelist within the Methodist Church who emphasized the life taught by Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount. Denman strongly challenged modern materialism and prejudice by exemplifying and teaching a simple life, and by personally relating to all people, regardless of race, gender, or economic means. His personal property was very limited; for example he usually had only one pair of shoes and refused to wear a watch, preferring to ask for the time as a way of starting a conversation. Articles that were given to him were generally given away to the needy. He was a close friend of another well-known evangelist, Billy Graham who called Denman "one of the great mentors for evangelism." (en)
- 戴孟亨利 (Henry Mong) 是有名的衛理會平信徒領袖，作為傳教士，他強調耶穌於西摩山的遭遇是生命的指導。戴孟亨利強烈質疑現代物質主義，強調簡單生活，以及個人與所有人的關係，這種關係不分種族、性別和階級。他的個人財產非常少，經常只有一對鞋，又拒絕戴表，常以詢問時間來打開話題。他的好友葛培理常指戴孟亨利其中一個偉大的傳教士導師。 他於1893年9月26日，出生於亞拉班馬州的伯明翰。父母Hattie Leonard和William Harry Denman都是來自英格蘭告羅士打郡的移民。他於1921於伯明翰南方學院畢業，得到學士學位，1930獲社會工作的碩士學位。於1936年，獲亞拉巴馬州雅典州立大學的榮譽博士學位。1915年，戴孟亨利曾是伯明翰主日學協會秘書，直到1919年，他接首伯明翰首個衛理教會的教堂經理為止。 於1938年，他被選為衛理會傳道委員的秘書。於1939年，他成為衛理教會屬下一個新部門的總秘書。. 他擔任總秘書期間，承起出版The Upper Room一書的任務。 於1949年1月31日，戴孟亨利成為傳道基金的創辦之一。 戴孟利曾經在1967年來到台灣傳教。 (zh)
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