Edward G. Lawlor (1907-1987), born in England into a Roman Catholic family and raised in Canada,[1] was a minister for most of his adult life in the Church of the Nazarene.
In 1928 Captain Lawlor married Salvationist Peggy Baird, a Scottish immigrant he had met just three weeks before.
[6] In 1952 the Commission on the Mid-Century Crusade for Souls asked Edward Lawlor to write a booklet on the importance of every believer being involved in evangelistic outreach.
Two years later the Culbertsons were in Italy as Nazarene missionaries and Dr. Lawlor presided over a dedication service in Florence for their newly born second child, Rachele Leah.
For instance, in 1979 he gave the David K. Wachtel Lecture Series on Evangelism at Trevecca Nazarene University.
[12][13] After his death, Canadian Nazarene College set up a ministerial student scholarship fund to honor him.
[15] In the summer 2013 issue of The Evangelist's Perspective, editor Gary Bond wrote: "Dr. Lawlor had a powerful presence and preaching style.
I remember sitting with my friend John Seaman in a revival meeting in the Chicago Emerald Avenue Church mesmerized by his delivery and challenged by his sermon.
"[16] A few years before, Evangelist Chuck Milhuff wrote that Edward Lawlor had been one of the three men who had "most influenced" him.
[17] In the Board of General Superintendents' quadrennial address to the 2013 Nazarene General Assembly, spokesman Eugenio Duarte quoted Edward Lawlor as saying, "“Our task is to see that this message (of holiness) becomes the fulfillment of all the hopes and dreams of all mankind in this world of tension.
"[20] Recorded sermon Youtube Corbett, C.T., Pioneer Builders: Men who helped shape the Church of the Nazarene in its formative years.