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| name = Paul David Washer
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961|9|14|mf=y}}
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| nationality = American
| nationality = American
| occupation = [[Missionary]] leader
| occupation = [[Missionary]], [[Evangelism|Evangelist]], [[Preacher]]
| spouse = Rosario "Charo" Washer
| spouse = Rosario "Charo" Washer
| children = Ian, Evan, Rowan, Bronwyn<ref>Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950–1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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'''Paul David Washer''' (born 1961) is an American [[Protestantism|Protestant Christian]] evangelist with a [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] theology affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Frye |first=John |date=6 September 2010 |title=Who is Paul Washer? |website=Jesus Creed |url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2010/09/06/who-is-paul-washer-john-frye/ |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>
'''Paul David Washer''' (born 1961) is an American [[Christian]] [[Evangelism|Evangelist]] and author whose theology is rooted in [[Calvinism]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Frye |first=John |date=September 6, 2010 |title=Who is Paul Washer? |website=Jesus Creed |url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2010/09/06/who-is-paul-washer-john-frye/ |access-date=November 11, 2017}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Washer reports [[Religious conversion|converting]] to Christianity while studying to become an [[Oil and gas law in the United States|oil and gas lawyer]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Heather |date=21 March 2017 |title=Preacher, HeartCry Missionary Founder Paul Washer Suffers Heart Attack |work=Christian News Network |url=http://christiannews.net/2017/03/21/preacher-heartcry-missionary-founder-paul-washer-suffers-heart-attack/ |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Washer |first=Paul |date=31 October 2009 |title=Paul Washer's Story |website=I'll Be Honest |url=https://illbehonest.com/paul-washers-story-paul-washer |access-date=11 November 2017}}<!-- Video direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tms4NuPVNpo Other page has MP3 as well --></ref> He moved to [[Peru]] where he became a [[missionary]] for 10 years.<ref>{{cite web | title=Paul Washer | website=HeartCry Missionary Society | url=http://www.heartcrymissionary.com/paul-washer |access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref> In 1988, while in Peru,<ref>{{cite web | title=Paul Washer | website=Grace Community Church | date=1 February 2017 | url=https://www.gracechurch.org/leader/Washer/Paul | access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref> Washer founded the HeartCry Missionary Society to support indigenous missionaries witnessing to people of their own culture.<ref>{{cite web | title=HeartCry at a Glance | website=HeartCry Missionary Society | url=http://heartcrymissionary.com/heartcry-at-a-glance | access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=History of HeartCry | website=HeartCry Missionary Society | url=http://heartcrymissionary.com/our-history |access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref>
Washer later returned to the United States, and has resided in [[Radford, Virginia]] since 2010,<ref>{{cite web |last=Washer |first=Paul |date=15 June 2010 |title=We have been in Radford VA.... |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/paulwasher/status/16275681934}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Washer |website=Granted Ministries |url=http://www.grantedministries.org/categories/By-Featured-Minister/Paul-Washer/ |access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = https://twitter.com/paulwasher | publisher = Twitter | title = Paul Washer | type = account}}.</ref> where he continues as the missions director of HeartCry.<ref>{{cite web | title=Staff | website=HeartCry Missionary Society | url=http://www.heartcrymissionary.com/staff | access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref>


Washer reports [[Religious conversion|converting]] to Christianity while studying at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] to become an [[Oil and gas law in the United States|oil and gas lawyer]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Heather |date=March 21, 2017 |title=Preacher, HeartCry Missionary Founder Paul Washer Suffers Heart Attack |work=Christian News Network |url=http://christiannews.net/2017/03/21/preacher-heartcry-missionary-founder-paul-washer-suffers-heart-attack/ |access-date=November 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Washer |first=Paul |date=October 31, 2009 |title=Paul Washer's Story |website=I'll Be Honest |url=https://illbehonest.com/paul-washers-story-paul-washer |access-date=November 11, 2017}}<!-- Video direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tms4NuPVNpo Other page has MP3 as well --></ref> He moved to Peru and served there as a [[missionary]] for 10 years.<ref>{{cite web | title=Paul Washer | website=HeartCry Missionary Society | url=http://www.heartcrymissionary.com/paul-washer |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> In 1988, while in Peru,<ref>{{cite web | title=Paul Washer | website=Grace Community Church | date=February 1, 2017 | url=https://www.gracechurch.org/leader/Washer/Paul | access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> Washer founded the HeartCry Missionary Society to support indigenous missionaries witnessing to people of their own cultures.<ref>{{cite web | title=HeartCry at a Glance | website=HeartCry Missionary Society | url=http://heartcrymissionary.com/heartcry-at-a-glance | access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=History of HeartCry | website=HeartCry Missionary Society | url=http://heartcrymissionary.com/our-history |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> As of 2017, the organization supported 238 missionary families in 41 countries.<ref name=Blair>{{cite news |last1=Blair |first1=Leonardo |title=Paul Washer, HeartCry Missionary Society Founder, Suffers Heart Attack |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/paul-washer-heartcry-missionary-society-founder-suffers-heart-attack.html |access-date=September 2, 2021 |work=[[Christian Post]] |date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> At the end of 2022, it supported 326 missionary families in 62 countries.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Washer | first=Paul David | date=Spring 2023 | title=2022 mission report | work=HeartCry Magazine | number=107 | ref={{sfnref|2022 mission report|2023}} | url=https://heartcrymissionary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022-Mission-Report-.pdf#page=4 | page=3, 7, 9, 57}}</ref>
Washer is sometimes identified as part of the [[New Calvinism]] movement,<ref name="Paul's Passing Thoughts 2013">{{cite web |last=Dohse |first=Paul M., Sr. |title=Paul Washer Speaks at a Catholic Monastery: Why is This Surprising? And Other Magic Bus Musings |website=Paul's Passing Thoughts |date=13 August 2013 |url=https://paulspassingthoughts.com/2013/08/13/paul-washer-speaks-at-a-catholic-monastery-why-is-this-surprising-and-other-magic-bus-musings/ |access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Challies 2013">{{cite web |last=Challies |first=Tim |title=An Interview With Paul Washer (Part 2) |website=Challies.com |date=30 July 2013 |url=https://www.challies.com/interviews/an-interview-with-paul-washer-part-2/ |access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref> although he has expressed concerns with this movement.<ref name="Stephen 2013">{{cite web |author=Stephen |title=Paul Washer’s 7 Warnings to "New Calvinists" |website=The Tension |date=30 July 2013 |url=https://thetensioninfo.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/paul-washers-7-warnings-to-new-calvinists/ |access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Buice 2017">{{cite book |last=Washer |first=Paul |chapter=Ecclesiology: The Church, Her Ministers, and {{lang|la|Sola Scriptura}} |pp=45–70 |editor-last=Buice |editor-first=Josh |title=New Calvinism: New Reformation Or Theological Fad? |publisher=Christian Focus Publications |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-5271-0090-9}}</ref>{{r |Challies 2013}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Washer |first=Paul |date=2009 |title=Dangers Facing the Young and Reformed |publisher=HeartCry Missionary Society |type=Video |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxqxWc6j14g |access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref>

Washer later returned to the United States. In 2010, he moved to [[Radford, Virginia]],<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Washer |first=Paul |user=paulwasher | date=June 15, 2010 |title=We have been in Radford VA.... |number=16275681934 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Washer |first=Paul |user=paulwasher | date=June 7, 2010 |title=We have finally moved... |number=15636240154 |language=en}}</ref> and he now resides in [[Roanoke, Virginia]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church & Family Life |url=https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources/authors/60ca3408e7346d3c2b733f1f |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=churchandfamilylife.com}}</ref> where he is currently the Executive Director of HeartCry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Washer – HeartCry Missionary Society |url=https://heartcrymissionary.com/people/paul-david-washer/#:~:text=Giving%20Giving%20History-,Paul%20Washer,as%20Executive%20Director%20of%20HeartCry. |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=heartcrymissionary.com}}</ref> HeartCry's offices have been based in Roanoke since 2022.{{sfn|2022 mission report|2023|p=[https://heartcrymissionary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022-Mission-Report-.pdf#page=30 59]}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2022 |title=Heartcry Missionary Society Incorporated in Roanoke, Virginia |url=https://eintaxid.com/company/204593210-heartcry-missionary-society-ncororated/ |website=EIN Tax Id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Waldvogel |url=https://www.waldvogelcommercial.com/post/waldvogel-commercial-properties-announces-the-sale-of-5732-airport-rd-in-roanoke |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.waldvogelcommercial.com}}</ref>

Washer is sometimes identified as part of the [[New Calvinism]] movement,<ref name="Paul's Passing Thoughts 2013">{{cite web |last=Dohse |first=Paul M. Sr. |title=Paul Washer Speaks at a Catholic Monastery: Why is This Surprising? And Other Magic Bus Musings |website=Paul's Passing Thoughts |date=August 13, 2013 |url=https://paulspassingthoughts.com/2013/08/13/paul-washer-speaks-at-a-catholic-monastery-why-is-this-surprising-and-other-magic-bus-musings/ |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Challies 2013">{{cite web |last=Challies |first=Tim |title=An Interview With Paul Washer (Part 2) |website=Challies.com |date=July 30, 2013 |url=https://www.challies.com/interviews/an-interview-with-paul-washer-part-2/ |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> although he has expressed concerns with this movement.<ref name="Stephen 2013">{{cite web |author=Stephen |title=Paul Washer's 7 Warnings to "New Calvinists" |website=The Tension |date=July 30, 2013 |url=https://thetensioninfo.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/paul-washers-7-warnings-to-new-calvinists/ |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Buice 2017">{{cite book |last=Washer |first=Paul |chapter=Ecclesiology: The Church, Her Ministers, and {{lang|la|Sola Scriptura}} |pages=45–70 |editor-last=Buice |editor-first=Josh |title=New Calvinism: New Reformation Or Theological Fad? |publisher=Christian Focus Publications |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-5271-0090-9}}</ref>{{r |Challies 2013}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Washer |first=Paul |date=2009 |title=Dangers Facing the Young and Reformed |publisher=HeartCry Missionary Society |type=Video |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxqxWc6j14g |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/SxqxWc6j14g |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2002, Washer preached a "shocking youth message" in which he suggested that most of his "Christian" audience will end up in [[Hell in Christianity|hell]] because of the false gospel they are deceiving themselves with. As of 2023, the [[YouTube]] video of the talk has received more than 4 million views.<ref name=Blair>{{cite news |last1=Blair |first1=Leonardo |title=Paul Washer, HeartCry Missionary Society Founder, Suffers Heart Attack |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/paul-washer-heartcry-missionary-society-founder-suffers-heart-attack.html |access-date=September 2, 2021 |work=[[Christian Post]] |date=March 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Washer - Shocking Message (full length) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuabITeO4l8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/uuabITeO4l8 |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=September 2, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Washer appeared in the 2018 documentary ''[[American Gospel|American Gospel: Christ Alone]]'', in which he said, "In other religions, you get to heaven by being good, by earning it..."<ref name="Pidcock 2020">{{cite news |last1=Pidcock |first1=Rick |title=Six ways 'American Gospel' is small-minded and abusive |url=https://baptistnews.com/article/six-ways-american-gospel-is-small-minded-and-abusive/ |access-date=September 2, 2021 |work=[[Baptist News Global]] |date=August 14, 2020}}</ref>

In 2017, Washer suffered a [[heart attack]]<ref name=Blair /> and in 2023 he received heart bypass surgery.<ref>{{cite tweet | last=Washer | first=Paul | user=paulwasher | date=2023-11-19 | title=After some medical tests... | number=1726266091033502074 | access-date=2023-11-20 |language=en}}</ref>


== Books ==
== Books ==
*{{cite book|title=The One True God|last=Washer|first=Paul|year=2004|publisher = HeartCry Missionary Society | isbn= 978-0-9770234-0-0}}
* {{cite book | title=The one true God | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | date=2004 | publisher=HeartCry Missionary Society | isbn=978-0-9770234-0-0}}
*{{cite book|title=Truth About Man|last = Washer|first=Paul|year= 2009|publisher = Granted Ministries Press | isbn = 978-0-9817321-1-4 | author-mask = 3}}
* {{cite book | title=The truth about man | edition=2nd | last=Washer | first=Paul | date=2009-10-09 | publication-place=Hannibal, Missouri | publisher=Granted Ministries Press | isbn=978-0-9817321-1-4 | author-mask=1}}
*{{cite book|title=The Gospel's Power and Message| series = Recovering the Gospel | last = Washer|first=Paul|year= 2012|publisher = Reformation Heritage Books | author-mask = 3 | isbn = 978-1-60178-195-6}}
* {{cite book | title=The gospel's power and message | series=Recovering the gospel | volume=1 | last=Washer | first=Paul | date=2012 | publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | author-mask=1 | isbn=978-1-60178-195-6}}
*{{cite book|title=The Gospel Call and True Conversion| series = Recovering the Gospel | last = Washer|first=Paul|year= 2013|publisher = Reformation Heritage Books | author-mask = 3 | isbn = 978-1-60178-236-6}}
* {{cite book | title=The gospel call and true conversion | series=Recovering the gospel | volume=2 | last=Washer | first=Paul | date=2013 | publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | author-mask=1 | isbn=978-1-60178-236-6}}
*{{cite book|title=Gospel Assurance and Warnings| series = Recovering the Gospel | last = Washer|first=Paul|year= 2014|publisher = Reformation Heritage Books | author-mask = 3 | isbn = 978-1-60178-294-6}}
* {{cite book | title=Gospel assurance and warnings | series=Recovering the gospel | volume=3 | last=Washer | first=Paul | date=2014 | publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | author-mask=1 | isbn=978-1-60178-294-6}}
*{{cite book| author1-last = Washer|author1-first=Paul| author1-mask = 3|title=Knowing the Living God| series = Biblical Foundations for the Christian Faith (Book 1) |year= 2016|publisher = Media Gratiae | isbn = 978-0988668133}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | title=Knowing the living God | series=Biblical foundations for the Christian faith | volume=1 | date=2016 | publication-place=New Albany, Mississippi | publisher=Media Gratiae | isbn=978-0-9886681-3-3 | oclc=959927375}}
*{{cite book| author1-last = Washer|author1-first=Paul| author1-mask = 3|title=Discovering the Glorious Gospel | series = Biblical Foundations for the Christian Faith (Book 2) |year= 2016|publisher = Media Gratiae | isbn = 978-0988668157}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | title=Discovering the glorious gospel | series=Biblical foundations for the Christian faith | volume=2 | date=2016-08-21 | publication-place=New Albany, Mississippi | publisher=Media Gratiae | isbn=978-0-9886681-5-7 | oclc=959928019}}
*{{cite book| author1-last = Washer|author1-first=Paul| author1-mask = 3|title=Discerning the Plight of Man | series = Biblical Foundations for the Christian Faith (Book 3) |year= 2017|publisher = Media Gratiae | isbn = 978-0-9886681-6-4}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | date=2016-12-15 | title=The gospel of Jesus Christ | publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | isbn=978-1-60178-520-6}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | title=Discerning the plight of man | series=Biblical foundations for the Christian faith | volume=3 | date=2017 | publication-place=New Albany, Mississippi | publisher=Media Gratiae | isbn=978-0-9886681-6-4}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | date=2018-06-30 | title=Narrow gate, narrow way | publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | isbn=978-1-60178-629-6}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | date=2018-08-15 | title=Ten indictments against the modern church| publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | isbn=978-1-60178-628-9 | id={{ISBN|978-1-60178-627-2}}}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | date=2020-03-13 | title=Understanding the discipline of fasting | series=Biblical foundations for the Christian faith | volume=4 | publication-place=New Albany, Mississippi | publisher=Media Gratiae | isbn=979-8-6242-0633-5}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | date=2020-08-18 | author-mask=1 | title=The essential means of grace | publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | isbn=978-1-60178-807-8 | oclc=1153337799}}
* {{cite book | last=Washer | first=Paul | author-mask=1 | date=2023-03-05 | title=The preeminent Christ: God's beautiful and unchanging gospel | publication-place=Grand Rapids, Michigan | publisher=Reformation Heritage Books | isbn=978-1-60178-988-4 | oclc=1372277782}}


==References==
==References==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite web |last=Adams |first=Clint |title=Book Review: "Ten Indictments Against The Modern Church" by Paul Washer |website=The Earnest Layman |date=28 May 2020 |url=https://earnestlayman.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/book-review-ten-indictments-against-the-modern-church-by-paul-washer/}}
* {{cite web |last=Brandenburg |first=Kent |title=A Negative Critique of an Actual Good Statement by Paul Washer |website=What Is Truth |date=December 17, 2019 |url=https://kentbrandenburg.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-negative-critique-of-actual-good.html}}
* {{cite web |last=Buettel |first=Cameron |title=Does Paul Washer Preach The Gospel? |website=The Bottom Line |date=28 February 2004 |url=http://onceuponacross.blogspot.com/2010/05/does-paul-washer-preach-gospel.html}}
* {{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Jordan |title=A Critique of the Theology of Paul Washer |website=Just and Sinner |date=April 25, 2013 |url=http://justandsinner.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-critique-of-theology-of-paul-washer.html}}
* {{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Jordan |title=The Preparationism of Paul Washer |website=Just and Sinner |date=October 2013 |url=http://justandsinner.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-preparationism-of-paul-washer.html}}
* {{cite web |last=Dyer |first=Jay |date=3 May 2010 |title=Paul Washer is a False Prophet |url=https://jaysanalysis.com/2010/05/03/paul-washer-is-a-false-prophet/}}
* {{cite web |last=Fish |first=Darwin |title=Paul Washer, A Passionate Impostor |website=A True Church |url=http://www.atruechurch.info/paulwasher.html}}
* {{cite web |last=Fisk |first=Jonathan |title=Paul Washer Preaches 'Another Gospel' of 'Lordship Salvation' And 'Preparationism' |website=A Lutheran Layman |date=16 January 2014 |url=http://www.lutheranlayman.com/2014/01/paul-washer-preaches-another-gospel-of.html}}
* {{cite web |last=Garcia |first=Holly |date=January 22, 2014 |title=Paul Washer's False Teachings |website=Redeeming Moments |url=https://www.redeemingmoments.com/2014/01/22/paul-washer-lordship-teacher-accuser-of-the-brethren/}}
* {{cite web |last=Hafichuk |first=Victor |title=False Teacher - Paul Washer – Showboating for Baal |website=The Path of Truth |date=11 March 2017 |url=https://www.thepathoftruth.com/false-teachers/paul-washer.htm}}
* {{cite web |last=Henshaw |first=Ben |title=Paul Washer's – "Doctrine" of Election: An Arminian Critique |website=Society of Evangelical Arminians |date=10 June 2011 |url=http://evangelicalarminians.org/paul-washer/}}
* {{cite web |last=Jöhannsson |first=Dane K. |title=Book Review: "The Gospel of Jesus Christ" - Paul Washer |website=Agros Reformed Baptist Church |url=http://www.agroschurch.com/3/post/2018/07/book-review-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ-paul-washer.html}}
* {{cite web |last=Morrell |first=Jesse |title=Is Paul Washer Compromised and Watered Down? |website=Biblical Truth Resources |date=22 March 2017 |url=https://biblicaltruthresources.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/is-paul-washer-compromised-and-watered-down-jesse-morrell/}}
* {{cite web |last1=Shaughnessy |first1=Tim |last2=Christian |first2=Peter |title=SRR #29 - Is Paul Washer a Heretic |website=Bible Thumping Wingnut Network |date=26 January 2017 |url=https://biblethumpingwingnut.com/2017/01/26/srr-29-paul-washer-heretic/}}
* {{cite web |last=Stewart |first=David J. |orig-date=2008 |date=May 2015 |title=Paul Washer's FALSE GOSPEL! |website=Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to Heaven! |url=https://jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/paul_washer.htm}}
* {{cite web |last=Stewart |first=David J. |orig-date=2013 |date=October 2014 |title=John MacArthur, Paul Washer and Ray Comfort... Making Salvation Hard! |website=Unto You Therefore Which Believe He is Precious! |url=http://www.jesusisprecious.org/false_doctrine/lordship_salvation/making_salvation_hard.htm}}
* {{cite web |last=Stewart |first=David J. |title=Beware of Evangelist Paul Washer |website=Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to Heaven! |url=https://jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/paul_washer_exposed.htm}}
* {{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Tam |title=Theological Problems with Paul Washer |website=Lutheran's Blog |date=15 July 2017 |url=https://lutheransblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/theological-problems-with-paul-washer/}}
* {{cite web |last=Tomasella |first=Todd |title=Paul Washer is a Calvinist: Beware! |website=Todd Tomasella &#124; SafeGuardYourSoul |date=20 April 2018 |url=https://safeguardyoursoul.com/paul-washer-is-a-calvinist-beware/}}
* {{cite web |last=Weaver |first=Jack |title=Latest on Paul Washer: Paul Washer Again Proclaims a Lordship "Salvation" Message and Worse. |website=Notes From A Retired Preacher |date=22 September 2012 |url=https://expreacherman.com/2012/09/21/paul-washer-again-lordship-salvation-message-and-worse/}}
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.heartcrymissionary.com/ HeartCry Missionary Society]
* [http://www.heartcrymissionary.com/ HeartCry Missionary Society]
* {{cite web |last=Washer |first=Paul |title=Sermons |type=video, audio, and transcripts |url=http://illbehonest.com/author/paul-washer |website=I'll be honest}}
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* {{cite web |first=Paul |last=Washer |title=Bible Study Video Series |url=https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8872D3C0103E8568 |publisher=YouTube}}
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Paul David Washer
Born1961 (age 62–63)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Missionary, Evangelist, Preacher
SpouseRosario "Charo" Washer
Children4[1][2][3]

Paul David Washer (born 1961) is an American Christian Evangelist and author whose theology is rooted in Calvinism.[4]

Biography

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Washer reports converting to Christianity while studying at the University of Texas at Austin to become an oil and gas lawyer.[5][6] He moved to Peru and served there as a missionary for 10 years.[7] In 1988, while in Peru,[8] Washer founded the HeartCry Missionary Society to support indigenous missionaries witnessing to people of their own cultures.[9][10] As of 2017, the organization supported 238 missionary families in 41 countries.[11] At the end of 2022, it supported 326 missionary families in 62 countries.[12]

Washer later returned to the United States. In 2010, he moved to Radford, Virginia,[13][14] and he now resides in Roanoke, Virginia,[15] where he is currently the Executive Director of HeartCry.[16] HeartCry's offices have been based in Roanoke since 2022.[17][18][19]

Washer is sometimes identified as part of the New Calvinism movement,[20][21] although he has expressed concerns with this movement.[22][23][21][24]

In 2002, Washer preached a "shocking youth message" in which he suggested that most of his "Christian" audience will end up in hell because of the false gospel they are deceiving themselves with. As of 2023, the YouTube video of the talk has received more than 4 million views.[11][25] Washer appeared in the 2018 documentary American Gospel: Christ Alone, in which he said, "In other religions, you get to heaven by being good, by earning it..."[26]

In 2017, Washer suffered a heart attack[11] and in 2023 he received heart bypass surgery.[27]

Books

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  • — (2004). The one true God. HeartCry Missionary Society. ISBN 978-0-9770234-0-0.
  • — (October 9, 2009). The truth about man (2nd ed.). Hannibal, Missouri: Granted Ministries Press. ISBN 978-0-9817321-1-4.
  • — (2012). The gospel's power and message. Recovering the gospel. Vol. 1. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-195-6.
  • — (2013). The gospel call and true conversion. Recovering the gospel. Vol. 2. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-236-6.
  • — (2014). Gospel assurance and warnings. Recovering the gospel. Vol. 3. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-294-6.
  • — (2016). Knowing the living God. Biblical foundations for the Christian faith. Vol. 1. New Albany, Mississippi: Media Gratiae. ISBN 978-0-9886681-3-3. OCLC 959927375.
  • — (August 21, 2016). Discovering the glorious gospel. Biblical foundations for the Christian faith. Vol. 2. New Albany, Mississippi: Media Gratiae. ISBN 978-0-9886681-5-7. OCLC 959928019.
  • — (December 15, 2016). The gospel of Jesus Christ. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-520-6.
  • — (2017). Discerning the plight of man. Biblical foundations for the Christian faith. Vol. 3. New Albany, Mississippi: Media Gratiae. ISBN 978-0-9886681-6-4.
  • — (June 30, 2018). Narrow gate, narrow way. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-629-6.
  • — (August 15, 2018). Ten indictments against the modern church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-628-9. ISBN 978-1-60178-627-2.
  • — (March 13, 2020). Understanding the discipline of fasting. Biblical foundations for the Christian faith. Vol. 4. New Albany, Mississippi: Media Gratiae. ISBN 979-8-6242-0633-5.
  • — (August 18, 2020). The essential means of grace. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-807-8. OCLC 1153337799.
  • — (March 5, 2023). The preeminent Christ: God's beautiful and unchanging gospel. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-988-4. OCLC 1372277782.

References

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  1. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950–1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
  2. ^ "Rosario 'Charo' Washer Interview!". April 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Charo Washer's Testimony - Charo Washer". May 21, 2009.
  4. ^ Frye, John (September 6, 2010). "Who is Paul Washer?". Jesus Creed. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  5. ^ Clark, Heather (March 21, 2017). "Preacher, HeartCry Missionary Founder Paul Washer Suffers Heart Attack". Christian News Network. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  6. ^ Washer, Paul (October 31, 2009). "Paul Washer's Story". I'll Be Honest. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Paul Washer". HeartCry Missionary Society. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Paul Washer". Grace Community Church. February 1, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "HeartCry at a Glance". HeartCry Missionary Society. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  10. ^ "History of HeartCry". HeartCry Missionary Society. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  11. ^ a b c Blair, Leonardo (March 21, 2017). "Paul Washer, HeartCry Missionary Society Founder, Suffers Heart Attack". Christian Post. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  12. ^ Washer, Paul David (Spring 2023). "2022 mission report" (PDF). HeartCry Magazine. No. 107. p. 3, 7, 9, 57.
  13. ^ Washer, Paul [@paulwasher] (June 15, 2010). "We have been in Radford VA..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Washer, Paul [@paulwasher] (June 7, 2010). "We have finally moved..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Church & Family Life". churchandfamilylife.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "Paul Washer – HeartCry Missionary Society". heartcrymissionary.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  17. ^ 2022 mission report 2023, p. 59.
  18. ^ "Heartcry Missionary Society Incorporated in Roanoke, Virginia". EIN Tax Id. 2022.
  19. ^ "Waldvogel". www.waldvogelcommercial.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  20. ^ Dohse, Paul M. Sr. (August 13, 2013). "Paul Washer Speaks at a Catholic Monastery: Why is This Surprising? And Other Magic Bus Musings". Paul's Passing Thoughts. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  21. ^ a b Challies, Tim (July 30, 2013). "An Interview With Paul Washer (Part 2)". Challies.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  22. ^ Stephen (July 30, 2013). "Paul Washer's 7 Warnings to "New Calvinists"". The Tension. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  23. ^ Washer, Paul (2017). "Ecclesiology: The Church, Her Ministers, and Sola Scriptura". In Buice, Josh (ed.). New Calvinism: New Reformation Or Theological Fad?. Christian Focus Publications. pp. 45–70. ISBN 978-1-5271-0090-9.
  24. ^ Washer, Paul (2009). "Dangers Facing the Young and Reformed" (Video). HeartCry Missionary Society. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2018 – via YouTube.
  25. ^ "Paul Washer - Shocking Message (full length)". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  26. ^ Pidcock, Rick (August 14, 2020). "Six ways 'American Gospel' is small-minded and abusive". Baptist News Global. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  27. ^ Washer, Paul [@paulwasher] (November 19, 2023). "After some medical tests..." (Tweet). Retrieved November 20, 2023 – via Twitter.

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