Frank Entwistle 1937 – 2022

Julia Cameron  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Nov 2022
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Frank Entwistle 1937 – 2022

Frank Entwistle (right) with John Stott celebrating the publication of The Cross of Christ

Frank Entwistle will best be remembered for his leadership of Inter-Varsity Press (IVP) for 25 years, retiring in 2002.

Set up in 1936 as the Publishing House of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship (later UCCF), IVP was the strongest and most widely-known independent evangelical publisher of its day. Frank Roland Entwistle grew up in Lancashire, imbibing a love of books and of reading from his father. Following his conversion aged 14, he set his heart on ordination, and later studied theology at St John’s College, Durham, choosing a special option on Luther and Calvin. He was prepared for ordination at Cranmer Hall. The fairly conservative faculty, and the strong inter-collegiate Christian Union (DICCU), gave Frank a thorough Biblical grounding. While at Durham he met his wife, Beryl, and they married during his curacy at St John’s Harborne in Birmingham. In 1965 Frank joined the home staff of what is now Crosslinks, editing the Society’s magazine and books.

In 1973 Frank was approached by Oliver Barclay, General Secretary of the Inter Varsity Fellowship, to join the editorial staff of IVP. This was with a view to his succeeding IVP’s founder, Ronald Inchley, as Publications Secretary (later known as Publishing Director).

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