Thomas Foster | |
Birth Name: | Thomas Norman Foster |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1909 |
Birth Place: | Mornington, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Box Hill Hospital, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Theologian, minister, author, bank officer, |
Nationality: | Australian |
Spouse: | Jean Kennedy (m. 1939) |
Period: | 1920–1980 |
Subject: | Theology, History, British-Israel, Pyramidology, |
Thomas Norman Foster was an Australian Pentecostal minister. He was one of the co-founders of the Christian Revival Crusade,[1] [2] and is also associated with British Israelism.[3] He was invited by the London B.B.C. to do the Radio News Reel Broadcast to Australia of the Coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1953. Former Commissioner of the British-Israel-World Federation, Victoria., and Y.M.C.A. Representative, A.I.F., Australia.[4]
He authored books on British Israelism and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Foster was born child of nine in Mornington Victoria. Before starting his religious studies, Foster worked at the National Bank of Australia, Casterton. Foster then studied Christian ministry under the teachings of Rev E.E. Baldwin[5] at the Presbyterian Training College, Carlton.[6]
Foster wrote several books on the topic of Baptism in the Holy Spirit, British Israelism and pyramidology.