Holding fast the faithful word

by Cornelius R. Stam

7 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2001

About the author

Cornelius R. Stam was brought up in a home where the Bible was read before every meal and at bedtime. His father, Peter Stam, Sr., was the founder of the Star of Hope Mission, in Paterson, N.J., a widely-known gospel and Bible teaching center, which brought to Patterson some of the greatest Bible teachers of the past generation. As a youth he was often in the company of outstanding Bible teachers, listening to their discussions about the Bible and observing their differences of opinion. In his twenties and thirties he labored, first as a volunteer, and then as a full time employee, with his father at the Star of Hope.

Mr. Stam served for thirteen years as pastor of a Bible Church in New Jersey and for a time occupied the pulpit of the well-known North Shore Church in Chicago made famous by J. C. O'Hair.

Besides traveling the United States widely as a popular Bible conference speaker, C. R. Stam is appreciated for his work in helping, with Charles F. Baker, to establish what is now known as the Grace Bible College, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he served for years as a professor and as dean.

He is the founder of the Berean Bible Society whose ministries today reach millions weekly through literature, radio, tapes, and a weekly newspaper column.