Malcolm Laver, General Secretary of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) between 1988 and 1998, has died aged 87. He was a husband, father and grandfather.
Born in 1936, he served as FIEC’s Assistant General Secretary in 1979, before serving as General Secretary from 1988 until his retirement ten years later. During retirement, he helped form the FIEC Pastor’s Association, which he served as Secretary until 2002.
Retired FIEC Pastoral Ministries Director Richard Underwood wrote on the FIEC website: ‘Malcolm’s memory brings a smile to my face. The thought that his earthly race is over and he has been caught up in the embrace of the Saviour he loved brings joy to my heart.’
He added: ‘said: ‘Malcolm embodied the heart of the FIEC vision.
‘He was conservative in his theology. Although he wasn’t afraid to take risks for the gospel, he was never willing to take risks with it. The good news of Jesus and His love was safe in Malcolm’s hands.
‘He was contemporary in culture. He recognised that whilst the gospel doesn’t change, culture and circumstances do. And churches must learn to adapt to a changing world.
‘Malcolm was also conciliatory in his personal dealings. He was not a controversialist; he was a peacemaker. Like Barnabas, he possessed the happy knack of encouraging the good wherever he found it.’
