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Gipsy Smith
1860–1947
Born into a Romani family in England, this warm and energetic evangelist spent more than seventy years preaching to huge crowds on both sides of the Atlantic. His life story and plainspoken style made him one of the best-known Christian speakers of his era.
1 Audiobook
Your Boys
by Gipsy Smith
About the author
Rodney "Gipsy" Smith was born on March 31, 1860, near Epping Forest in England, and became widely known as a British evangelist. Reliable reference sources describe him as a longtime preacher whose campaigns reached audiences in Britain and the United States over the course of more than seventy years.
He was associated early on with the Salvation Army and later became especially well known for evangelistic meetings that mixed storytelling, music, and direct appeals to faith. Much of his public reputation came from his gift for speaking in a simple, vivid way that connected easily with large audiences.
Smith died on August 4, 1947, while traveling on the Atlantic Ocean. He is still remembered in religious history for his remarkable speaking career, his Romani background, and the unusual reach of his ministry in the English-speaking world.