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Memorial: Ernest Dinwoodie Pickering
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Mar 2001
Ernest Dinwoodie Pickering was born on December 14, 1928, in St. Petersburg, Florida, the oldest son of Ernest Joseph and Evelyn Ida Pickering, who were officers in the Salvation Army. The family lived and ministered in Florida, Maryland, West Virginia, Alabama, and Texas. Ernest came to know Christ as a teenager in Dallas, Texas.
Ernest Pickering received his A.B. degree from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1948, and his Th.M. and Th.D. degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1952 and 1957, respectively. Ernest met his wife to be, Ariel Yvonne Thomas, during a summer pastorate in Colorado City, Texas. A student at Dallas Bible College, Yvonne came out to play the piano that summer. After their marriage on August 16, 1952 at Homestead Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, the couple moved to New Kensington, Pennsylvania, where Ernest pastored Maranatha Bible Church until 1957.
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From 1957-59, Ernest was National Executive Secretary of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America. In 1959 he became pastor of Woodcrest Baptist Church in Fridley, Minnesota, and simultaneously served as Dean of Central Consevative Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis until 1965. From 1965-69, Ernest pastored the Bible Baptist Church of Kokomo, Indiana, then became Dean at Baptist Bible College, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania for one year, before serving as president of that institution for the next eight years.
From 1978-85 Ernest pastored Emmanuel Baptist Church of Toledo, Ohio, before accepting the call to be president of Northwest Baptist Seminary in Tacoma, Washington (1985-87). Ernest then returned to teach at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit for one year. From 1988-93, Ernest served as pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church of Minneapolis, and also as the president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, which was not only birthed but also still housed in the church's facilities.
Ernest authored numerous articles, booklets, and books. His works, Biblical Separation, The Tragedy of Compromise, For the Hurting Pastor and Those Who Hurt Him, and Charismatic Confusion have had wide circulation. His final work, Our Tear-Washed Eyes: Why Does God Allow His People to Suffer? was written after Ernest lost his sight.
Between 1993 and 1996, Ernest served as Deputation Director for Baptist World Mission, Decatur, Alabama, then as field representative from 1996 until his death. Dr. Pickering lost his eyesight as a result of radiation received in November, 1996, to treat cancer in his frontal sinuses. He was a voracious reader and served with all his strength. He loved his duties as husband, father, and grandfather. Ernest died on October 16, 2000. His life spanned seventy-one years, ten months, and two days. He was a member of the Evangelical Theological Society for forty of those years. Ernest Pickering's funeral at Summit Baptist Bible Church was attended by 350 fundamental and evangelical leaders and the message was delivered by Bob Jones University President, Bob Jones III.
Surviving are his wife, Yvonne of Clarks Summit, PA; daughter Dawn Jacobs and her husband Roger, also of Clarks Summit, PA; son Lloyd Ernest Pickering and his wife Kellie of Auburn, AL; three grandchildren Amber Jacobs, Derek Jacobs, and Northe Ernest Pickering, who was born on the very day Ernest died, and named for him; and a brother, William Pickering of Santa Ana, CA.
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