On January 22, 1913, Carl FH Henry was born to immigrant parents in New York City. His parents, Karl and Joanna Heinrich, were young German immigrants to the United States. His parents changed their surname due to anti-German sentiment brought about by World War I. Carl Henry was the eldest of eight children. The Henry family lived a typical immigrant family life with hard-working parents but few luxuries. Carl took many part-time jobs to supplement the family's income. Carl's mother was Roman Catholic by family tradition and his father was Lutheran: however, there was little evidence of religion in the Henry family. Carl Henry's early educational experiences were received in the public school system. It was evident as a high school student that Carl was destined for a career in journalism. Henry graduated in the midst of the Great Depression and quickly became a professional journalist. Initial reports were seen in the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Daily News. He later became editor of The Smithtown Star, a weekly Long Island newspaper, and covered a large section of Long Island for the New York Times. It was through his journalism experience that Henry was put in contact with a devout Christian woman, Mildred Christy. . Henry used Christ's name as a swear word and Mildred replied, "Carl, I'd rather you slap me than take my best friend's name in vain." At the age of twenty, Carl Henry was confronted with the gospel and became a believer. In 1935, after receiving a call to Christian service, Henry left his journalism career and enrolled at Wheaton College. It was here that he became friends with people like Billy Graham and Harold Lindsell ...... middle of paper ......rd of God. He focused heavily on revelation, God, and religious authority. Regarding revelation, Henry defined Jesus as “the personal incarnation of God in the flesh,” the culmination of revelation, in which “the source and content of revelation converge and coincide.” In 1999, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary established the Carl FH Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement with evangelical engagement with the pressing issues of the day. EG Homrighausen of Princeton Theological Seminary stands, perhaps, as the voice of the Christian world regarding life by Carl Henry. He stated, “Henry championed evangelical Christianity with clarity of language, thoroughness of scholarship, clarity of mind, and vigor of spirit.” Baptists and their fellow evangelicals are indebted to him.