the world. In Chicago, Torrey authored several books and also pastored the Chicago Avenue Church Qater renamed the Moody Memorial Church), which Moody had established in 1564. From 1902 to 1905, Torrey toured the world conducting evangelistic campaigns in Australia, New Zealand,Japan, China, India, Scotland, Ireland, and England, as well as America. Dming their travels, multiplied thousands trusted Christ. In the summer of 1911, Torrey was invited to be the new dean ofthe Bible Institute ofLos Angeles. Torrey's biographer, Roger Martin, states, "His acceptance, however, included two stipulations. First, he stated that a church should be organized to function in much the same capacity as the Moody l\1emorial Church was to the Moody Bible Institute. Second, and more important, the auditorium of the Institute and church should be able to accommodate at least 3,500 people for evangelistic services." The reasons for these conditions were aptly stated by his son Reuben. "He considered this essential for the more adequate training ofthe students as a practical laboratory, and also it would enable him to continue the evangelistic preaching mission to which he believed God had called him. It would also make possible a strong evangelical witness in the heart ofLos Angeles and serve as a platform from which conservative leaders from around the world could be heard."
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