Charles H. Welch

Charles Henry Welch (called C. H. Welch) (1880–1967) was a Christian dispensational theologian, writer and speaker.

During his lifetime he produced over 60 books, booklets and pamphlets, and more than 500 audio recordings. His most significant works are 56 bound volumes of the Berean Expositor, a Bible study magazine edited by Mr. Welch from 1906 until his death in 1967, and 10 volumes of The Alphabetical Analysis.
He also taught his dispensational approach of the Bible with lectures throughout Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Canada and the United States.

Welch promoted the Acts 28 position which he believed "is indeed of the utmost dispensational importance to the believer today. It marks a frontier." He believed the dispensational truths of the Acts period (29 – 62 AD) differed greatly from those written after the Acts period, (see Meeting with Dr. Bullinger below).

Early life
C. H. Welch was born in London, England on 25 April 1880.<ref>Charles H. Welch: An Autobiography p. 27</ref> When he left school at 14 Welch entered the leatherwork trade, his father's occupation, and remained in the industry until 1904, age 24.

In addition, his early years were influenced by the study of art at the Bermondsey Settlement.

From November 1900, he became a Christian after hearing an address by Dr. L. W. Munhall, (M.A.) titled "Sceptics and the Bible". He was amazed as he "listened to a man who was most evidently sane and scholarly, actually maintaining that the Scriptures were true!" Dr. Bullinger agreed, the place of Acts 28 indeed had an important bearing on interpreting the New Testament. Then they both "discussed implications that arise from observing the relation of Paul's epistles to that boundary line" as follows: 

Although Dr. Bullinger died four and half years after the meeting, his last book titled: “Foundations of Dispensational Truth” 

In 1943, Welch adopted the Wilson St. Chapel in London as his church building, which he renamed The Chapel of the Opened Book. To preserve Welch's works and research, The Berean Publishing Trust and The Berean Forward Movement were established.

WorksApostle of the Reconciliation (1923) Testimony of the Lord's Prisoner (1931) Just and the Justifier (1948) Life Through His Name'' (1953) 
'Dispensational Truth: Or, The Place of Israel and the Church in the Purpose of the Ages’ (1959) 
Published posthumously, after Welch's death on 11 November 1967 
In Heavenly Places: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Ephesians (1968) 
United Yet Divided (1976) 
The Berean Expositor, volumes 1–56 
From Pentecost to Prison, or The Acts of the Apostles, (1996) 
Perfection or Perdition: An Exposition of the Book of Hebrews (1970) 
Form of Sound Words, (1997) 
Welch's magazine continues to publish his works

References

External links
 Charles Henry Welch website
 Writings
 Audio recordings

Category:1880 births
Category:1967 deaths
Category:English religious writers
Category:English theologians