Andrew Davies was not only a beloved husband, father and grandfather, but also a wonderful pastor-preacher-evangelist.
In succession, Andrew pastored one church in New Zealand, two in London, two in South Wales, and one in Australia before his final pastorate in London. In retirement he remained much in demand as a preacher across the UK and abroad. He was the first Church History lecturer at London Seminary (then LTS), and later lectured there on preaching. He also lectured in Church History on the Theological Training Course of the Evangelical Movement of Wales, from that course’s inception in 1972 until the second decade of this millennium. He was a man of considerable gifts and of many parts.
Supremely, however, he was a devoted and humble disciple of Jesus Christ. He loved the Lord who had saved him and he loved people. He lived for his Saviour rather than for preaching. Greatly gifted though he was, he agreed with M’Cheyne that great gifts do not matter as much as likeness to Jesus. And this explained how he was able to preach a “felt Christ”. When hearing him preach, one experienced the glory of Christ, not the giftedness of his servant. His preaching was firmly rooted in Scripture and was applied to the contemporary world, to believer and unbeliever alike. Ever and always he preached Christ. His preaching was doctrinally orthodox, but it was living not dead orthodoxy because he proclaimed the living Christ in the power of the Spirit. He kept a balance between Word and Spirit, knowing that both exalt Christ and humble us to the dust.
