A Tribute to Dr. Charles U Wagner
Many second year students may remember the day in first year, at the New York campus, when Dr. Charles Wagner, while teaching the book of Ephesians, arrived back late from a class break. Surely no one expected the news that Dr. Wagner brought. He had phoned his doctor and received the news of test results that confirmed cancer. It was after a long battle with this cancer that Dr. Wagner went home to be with his Lord. Year after year, students would wonder what Dr. Wagner’s middle name was. The “U” would always cause a certain amount of curiosity and the unconventional answer was not a disappointment. “Uhle,” Dr. Wagner would reply after the students had exhausted every guess. He went on to explain that his father gave him his middle name after George Uhle, a favorite baseball player of the early twentieth century. The students of Dr. Wagner owe him a debt of gratitude. His extensive knowledge of the Bible was truly impressive. Students can recall Dr. Wagner as he taught straight out of the Word of God, tackling his material verse by verse, the unmistakable style of a lifetime expository preacher. Dr. Wagner held a special place in his heart for Biblical education. He served as a professor at Bible institutes, colleges and as the president of a few seminaries. In truth, Dr. Wagner’s passion was in the pastorate. He pastored several churches across the United States in Michigan, New Jersey, Washington and Kentucky. He devoted over fifty years of his life to full-time ministry. The Lord called Dr. Charles Wagner home on October 22, 2006. His life verse, an ideal vision for all of us, was 2 Corinthians 3:18. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.’’ The hope and faith of Charles Uhle Wagner has now come to fruition. He is in the presence of Almighty God whom he loved and served with all of his heart, soul and strength.
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