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Pastor Harry Waite was called into the Lord’s presence on August 19, aged 91.

He was one of those men who came under the influence of Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel during the 1940s and 1950s and embraced the Reformed doctrines in a way that then shaped his preaching throughout his long ministry.

Steve Metcalf, OMF International missionary to Japan for 38 years and a pastor of the Japanese Christian Fellowship, London, died on June 7, aged 86.

As a teenager Steve was interned by the Japanese, following their occupation of north China, during the Second World War. In his first internment camp Steve made a personal commitment to Christ. In a second camp at Weifang, Shandong Province, Steve met the Olympic gold-medallist, Eric Liddell, who had a profound influence on his life.

The Revd Dr Ian Malcolm Tait, a true man of God, died on December 17, 2013.

He was formerly pastor of Welwyn Evangelical Church (1950-80) and before that of the FIEC church in Hurstpierpoint. He was elected President of the FIEC in 1969. He also served as a visiting lecturer at Covenant Theological College.

Ray Porter

Date posted: 1 Jan 2014

‘In life they were loved and gracious and in death they were not parted’ (2 Samuel 1.23) could be applied to Guy and Barbara Longley, who died within 24 hours of each other on November 7 and 8.

They met as members of the last group of CIM missionaries to go into China in 1949. Guy was from Broadstairs in Kent and his three brothers also served as missionaries. Barbara (née Beck) was a nurse from Ontario, Canada. They married in Hong Kong in 1951.