Tom Short | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Campus Evangelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject | Christian apologetics |
| Website | |
| www tomshort | |
Tom Short is an American traveling campus evangelist who lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Career[edit]
Campus evangelism[edit]
Tom Short was ordained in 1977 by elders of The "Blitz" Movement at Solid Rock Church (now Linworth Road Church) in Columbus, Ohio.[1] Missionaries of the movement at the time operated by filling buses with people, musical instruments and tracts in order to execute a 2- or 3-day campus blitz. They used singing, intensive tract distribution, and organized sidewalk canvassing to draw impromptu crowds and to achieve saturation of the intellectual marketplace.[2] By 1980, Short began preaching on campuses while stationed at a church in College Park, Maryland, becoming a fixture outside the Hornbake Library on the University of Maryland campus.[1][3][4]
In 2004, Tom Short spoke in a non-debate forum along with Jamal Badawi, a renowned Islamic scholar at Iowa State University. The two featured speakers presented their religions' view of Jesus and answered questions in the forum, co-sponsored by Islam on Campus and the local Great Commission Churches student group.[5]
In 2007, Tom founded a Nonprofit organization called Tom Short Campus Ministries.[6] Tom uses this ministry to fund his travel to college campuses where he open-air preaches.[7] Tom usually preaches on public college campuses in the free speech areas and will speak with anyone who will listen.
Tom has an active Apple Inc. daily podcast [8] along with active social media outlets he uses for his ministry.[9][10][11][12]
In March 2012, the Iowa State Daily newspaper had an opinion article written about an upcoming campus visit titled: Perdios: DOs and DON’Ts of dealing with visiting preacher Tom Short.[13] In the article, the author gives information about how Tom preaches, what to expect, and how to react to the visit.
Pastoral work[edit]
Short briefly served as pastor of Woodstock Community Church in Roswell, Georgia in 1990 while conducting services in the Roswell Holiday Inn,[14] and then moved to San Diego to pastor MountainView Community Church.[15][14]
Books[edit]
Tom has written 2 books: 5 Questions[16] and Takin' it to Their Turf.[17] Both books are still in print as of 2023 and available on his website: www
References[edit]
- ^ a b Pierrette J. Shields (October 24, 1997). "Students debate with pastor". The Missouri State University Maneater. Archived from the original on September 29, 2000. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ John Hopler (Herschel Martindale, guest speaker) (2006-12-30). Church planting and the 'ordinary' Christian (Speech). central Missouri. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ Scott Rank (September 20, 2004). "COLUMN: You can't be neutral when it comes to Tom Short". The Iowa State Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ Kasey Crill (October 27, 2005). "Evangelist shares message publicly". The North Texas Daily. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ "Independent Florida Alligator - NEWS". March 1, 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-03-01.
- ^ 5 Crucial Questions https://www.5crucialquestions.com/. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "FAQ". tomthepreacher. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Tom the Preacher on Apple Podcasts". apple podcast. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Tom Short - YouTube". youtube. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "TikTok - Make Your Day". tiktok. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ facebook https://www.facebook.com/tomthepreacher.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ twitter/x https://twitter.com/tomthepreacher. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Perdios: DOs and DON'Ts of dealing with visiting preacher Tom Short". iowa state daily. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b "www.wcchurch.org - Our History". Retrieved 2007-03-18.[dead link]
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William Hatfield (October 4, 1996). "Travelling pastor shouts scriptures about sin to crowd". The Southern Illinois at Carbondale Daily Egyptian. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ 5 Crucial Questions https://www.5crucialquestions.com/. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Takin' it to Their Turf". tomthepreacher.