F leroy forlines biography definition

In Memorium: Remembering F.

Leroy Forlines

By Matthew J. Pinson, President, Welch College

F. Leroy Forlines, ordained minister and Welch College Professor Emeritus of Theology, died December 15, , at age He was the greatest Free Will Baptist systematic theologian, and his mark on Free Will Baptist life and thought is inestimable.

Born to John and Leta Forlines in and raised on a tobacco farm in eastern North Carolina, Forlines was converted in , six weeks before his 18th birthday, during a revival meeting at Winterville FWB Church conducted by R.N.

Hinnant.

In fall , Forlines answered the call to the ministry while serving as an auto mechanic. Two years later, he entered Welch College, graduating in with the bachelor of arts degree. Forlines later said, “That experience changed my life for