Walter Ralston Martin

The Reverend
Walter Ralston Martin
Born(1928-09-10)September 10, 1928
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 26, 1989(1989-06-26) (aged 60)
Notable workThe Kingdom of the Cults

Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989) was an American Baptist Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a parachurch ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics.[1][2] As the author of the influential The Kingdom of the Cults (1965), he has been dubbed by the conservative Christian columnist Michael J. McManus, the "godfather of the anti-cult movement".[3]

  1. ^ Contemporary Authors Volume 129, Detroit: Gale Research, 1990, p. 287.
  2. ^ Douglas Groothuis, "Walter R. Martin" in Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, ed. A. Scott Moreau, Grand Rapids: Baker Books,2000, p.601.
  3. ^ Michael J. McManus, "Eulogy for the godfather of the anti-cult movement", The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, 1989-8-26.