Roy Hession was born in London in 1908, and came to faith through the influence of a Navy Officer cousin in 1926. After working for Barings, the merchant bank, for ten years, he committed himself to full-time preaching, and became one of the most effective Christian evangelists in post-World War II Britain, especially among young people.
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In 1947, Roy (around 40) came into contact with Christians involved in the East Africa revival with its strong emphasis on openness and repentance. This experience was to have a profound impact on his life, and it was from this that the message of The Calvary Road emerged in 1950.
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The Calvary Road – his most influential book - has been published in over 80 languages with over a million copies in print. Roy (and sometimes Revel) went on to write a further nine books, all have been translated into many languages and continue to be in demand.
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In 1967, he lost his first wife, Revel, in a road accident. Then in 1968, he married Pamela Greaves who had worked as a missionary in East Africa.
Roy Hession died in 1992, but the ministry of his ten books is promoted worldwide by the Roy Hession Book Trust.
Roy Hession's books and teachings have been changing lives for more that 70 years. He created The Verwer-Hession Trust to continue that legacy.
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Sin always involves us in being unreal, pretending, duplicity, window dressing, excusing ourselves and blaming others--and we can do all that as much by our silence as by saying or doing something.
Roy Hession
