Background
John Long was born to Gilbert and Ann Long on 15 September 1872 in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary Ireland. After his father"s death in 1895, Long became a Methodist colporteur.
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Education
From the age of seven, he worked digging peat during the summer months and attended school during the winter.
Career
Long became a Methodist in 1890 during a revival mission. John Long first came into contact with William Irvine in 1897 during a mission conducted under the auspices of the Faith Mission in Ennis, County Clare. During an 1897 study of the Gospel of Matthew, Irvine challenged Long as to whether the command to go out preaching without any financial support, possessions, et cetera had ceased.
Long joined the Faith Mission Prayer Union in 1898 and continued his membership until 1915.
Long resigned his Methodist colporteurage in November 1898, and his membership in the Methodist Church a year later. Long elicited strong responses from his preaching, in 1898 claiming 100 converts in a single mission.
He resigned from Elim in 1919. Long married Maggie Keegan on Christmas Day in 1920.
The couple went on to have four children.
On 4 July 1962, John Long died at the age of 90 years. He was buried in a private cemetery in County Antrim.
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Nationality
Ireland -
Religion
Elim Pentecostal Church