Ralph Woodrow is an Evangelical Christian

Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...

 minister, speaker and presently the author

Author

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 of sixteen books. Woodrow formerly supported the thesis of 19th century Presbyterian churchman, Alexander Hislop

Alexander Hislop

Alexander Hislop was a Free Church of Scotland minister infamous for his outspoken criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the son of Stephen Hislop , a mason by occupation and an elder of the Relief Church...

, that Roman Catholicism is a syncretistic pagan

Paganism

Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....

 religion in his book Babylon Mystery Religion

Babylon Mystery Religion

Babylon Mystery Religion is a book first published in 1966 and reprinted in 1981 by the Ralph Woodrow Evangelistic Association. In the book Woodrow draws parallels between ancient Babylonian rituals and those found in the Roman Catholic Church...

and gained a certain notoriety when he changed his view and pulled the work from circulation. His new viewpoint is documented in The Babylon Connection.

Woodrow has been in the ministry since the age of 18, where he has remained for over fifty years.

External links

• Ralph Woodrow Evangelistic Association website
• Ralph Woodrow's book: The Babylon Connection?