PROFILES IN GIVING
Raymond F. Walz
“The Gift That Keeps on Giving!” Eileen Fitzenreiter
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aymond F. Walz was a quiet, humble man who lived well into his 90s. When I first met him, it was in the year 2014. When we originally met, he shared a story from his youth about his cousin who had struggled to feed and clothe his wife and 4–5 children while he attended Seminary. That situation stuck with Ray so much, making such a deep impression, that decades later when I asked him what ministries he wanted to support after he was called home, his quick reply was “the Fort Wayne Seminary, to help those poor men trying to become pastors.” Ray did not want any Seminary student to quit because of a lack of money. He told me, “We need more pastors and it’s so hard for them.”
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For the Life of the World
