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Joseph William Kemp (1872-1933) was a Baptist minister and preacher, a revivalist, and a leader of the Christian fundamentalist movement in New Zealand.

Biography

UK and USA

Influenced by the Keswick movement, Kemp worked as a bible class teacher in his early years, and studied at the Glasgow Bible Training Institute from 1893-1895. He pastored churches in Kelso (1897-1898), Hawick (1898-1902), and Charlotte Chape, Edinburgh (1902-1915), and then pastored Calvary Baptist Church in New York (1915-1917) and Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, from (1917-1919).

New Zealand

In August 1920 Kemp was appointed to the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle. He was known as the prime spokesperson for American fundamentalism in New Zealand. He founded the New Zealand Bible Training Institute in 1922. This college went on to become the leading educational institutional for evangelicals in New Zealand, a position it holds to this day as the Bible College of New Zealand. He founded the Reaper in March 1923, a monthly journal devoted to fundamentalist and revivalist theology, and in 1924 helped to found the Ngaruawahia convention.

After seeing the detrimental effect of fundamentalism on interdenominational work during a visit to the United States in 1926, Kemp softened his stance somewhat, partly due to the influence of Baptist College of New Zealand principal J. J. North. He was a leading influence on a number of leading New Zealand evangelicals, including William H. Pettit and E. M. Blaiklock. His grandson Ian served as a lecturer, vice principal and acting Principal at the Auckland campus of Bible College of New Zealand, and his great-grandson Hugh has served as lecturer and Dean at the Manawatu Regional center of Bible College of Bible College of New Zealand.

Kemp was a member of the Baptist College committee (1923-1933), president of the Baptist Union of New Zealand (1929), and vice president of the Crusader Union of New Zealand (1931-1933).

References

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Joseph William Kemp

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 In August [[1920]] Kemp was appointed to the [[Auckland Baptist Tabernacle]].  He was known as the prime spokesperson for [[USA|American]] fundamentalism in New Zealand.  He founded the ''New Zealand Bible Training Institute'' in [[1922]].  This college went on to become the leading educational institutional for [[evangelicals]] in New Zealand, a position it holds to this day as the [[Bible College of New Zealand]].  He founded the ''Reaper'' in March [[1923]], a monthly journal devoted to fundamentalist and revivalist theology, and in [[1924]] helped to found the [[Ngaruawahia]] convention.
-After seeing the detrimental effect of fundamentalism on interdenominational work during a visit to the United States in [[1926]], Kemp softened his stance somewhat, partly due to the influence of Baptist College of New Zealand principal [[J. J. North]]. He was a leading influence on a number of leading New Zealand evangelicals, including [[William H. Pettit]] and [[Edward Musgrave Blaiklock|E. M. Blaiklock]]. His grandson Hugh has served as a lecturer and dean with the [[Bible College of New Zealand]].
+After seeing the detrimental effect of fundamentalism on interdenominational work during a visit to the United States in [[1926]], Kemp softened his stance somewhat, partly due to the influence of Baptist College of New Zealand principal [[J. J. North]]. He was a leading influence on a number of leading New Zealand evangelicals, including [[William H. Pettit]] and [[Edward Musgrave Blaiklock|E. M. Blaiklock]]. His grandson Ian served as a lecturer, vice principal and acting Principal at the Auckland campus of Bible College of New Zealand, and his great-grandson Hugh has served as lecturer and Dean at the Manawatu Regional center of Bible College of [[Bible College of New Zealand]].
 Kemp was a member of the Baptist College committee ([[1923]]-[[1933]]), president of the [[Baptist Union of New Zealand]] ([[1929]]), and vice president of the ''[[Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship#Inter-Varsity Fellowship|Crusader Union of New Zealand]]'' ([[1931]]-[[1933]]).