Walter J. Eddy

Walter John Eddy (1859 – 16 June 1947)[1] was an Australian Baptist minister and organiser.

[2] He succeeded W. L. Grierson as secretary of the Council of Churches in Victoria, serving from 1909[3] to 1913,[4] In 1913 he was also involved in organising the Australian section of the Chapman-Alexander Simultaneous Mission, a world-wide revivalist crusade driven by evangelists Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and Charles Alexander.

As this is a non-denominational body, he was obliged to sever ties with the Council of Churches.

[9] He was elected general secretary for Australasia of the Sudan United Mission (also international and inter-denominational) 1932[10]–1933, when he returned to the pulpit, at Ashburton, Victoria, which he held from 1935[11] to 1938.

[14] Eddy married Eliza Sarah "Lillie" Mackenzie (died 1937) on 19 November 1885.