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	'''Arthur John Dain''' {{postnominals\|country=AUS\|OBE}} (called '''Jack'''; 13 October 1912{{snd}}3 March 2003)<ref name="Who" /> was a prominent [[British people\|British]]—[[Australians\|Australian]] [[Evangelical]] [[Anglican]] bishop who served as an [[Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney\|assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney]].		'''Arthur John Dain''' {{postnominals\|country=AUS\|OBE}} (called '''Jack'''; 13 October 1912{{snd}}3 March 2003)<ref name="Who" /> was a prominent [[British people\|British]]—[[Australians\|Australian]] [[Evangelical]] [[Anglican]] bishop who served as an [[Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney\|assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney]].

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	==Missionary and military==		==Missionary and military==
	He trained at the Missionary Training College,{{specify\|date=December ~~2022~~}} [[London]] and became a [[missionary]] in [[Bihar Province]],<ref name="Sept81" /> [[India]] (1935–1940)<ref name="Who" /> until [[World War II]]. During the war, he was a [[10th Gurkha Rifles\|Gurkha]] until he was seconded to the [[Royal Indian Navy]]<ref name="Sept81" /> (1941–1947).<ref name="Who" /> He was the [[Secretary\|General Secretary]] of the [[Zenana Bible and Medical Mission\|Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship]]<ref name="crockford" /> until 1959, when he was [[ordained]] after studies at [[Ridley Hall, Cambridge]].<ref name="crockford">{{Crockford \| forenames = Arthur John \| surname = Dain \| id = 19545 \| accessed = 15 October 2019 }}</ref>		He trained at the Missionary Training College,{{specify\|date=December 2019}} [[London]] and became a [[missionary]] in [[Bihar Province]],<ref name="Sept81" /> [[India]] (1935–1940)<ref name="Who" /> until [[World War II]]. During the war, he was a [[10th Gurkha Rifles\|Gurkha]] until he was seconded to the [[Royal Indian Navy]]<ref name="Sept81" /> (1941–1947).<ref name="Who" /> He was the [[Secretary\|General Secretary]] of the [[Zenana Bible and Medical Mission\|Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship]]<ref name="crockford" /> until 1959, when he was [[ordained]] after studies at [[Ridley Hall, Cambridge]].<ref name="crockford">{{Crockford \| forenames = Arthur John \| surname = Dain \| id = 19545 \| accessed = 15 October 2019 }}</ref>

	==Ordained ministry==		==Ordained ministry==

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'''Arthur John Dain''' {{postnominals|country=AUS|OBE}} (called '''Jack'''; 13 October 1912{{snd}}3 March 2003)<ref name="Who" /> was a prominent [[British people|British]]—[[Australians|Australian]] [[Evangelical]] [[Anglican]] bishop who served as an [[Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney|assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney]].

==Early life and education==
Dain was born in [[Wolverhampton]],<ref name="Sept81">[http://www.sydneyanglicanarchives.com.au/img/Bishops_SouthernCrossSep1981.jpg "Meet the assistant bishops"] in ''Southern Cross'', September 1981. pp. 28–29</ref> son of Herbert John and Elizabeth, and educated at [[Wolverhampton Grammar School]],<ref name="Who">{{Who's Who | id= U12720 | surname= Dain | othernames = Arthur John }}</ref> after which he was in the [[British Merchant Navy]].

==Missionary and military==
He trained at the Missionary Training College,{{specify|date=December 2022}} [[London]] and became a [[missionary]] in [[Bihar Province]],<ref name="Sept81" /> [[India]] (1935–1940)<ref name="Who" /> until [[World War II]]. During the war, he was a [[10th Gurkha Rifles|Gurkha]] until he was seconded to the [[Royal Indian Navy]]<ref name="Sept81" /> (1941–1947).<ref name="Who" /> He was the [[Secretary|General Secretary]] of the [[Zenana Bible and Medical Mission|Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship]]<ref name="crockford" /> until 1959, when he was [[ordained]] after studies at [[Ridley Hall, Cambridge]].<ref name="crockford">{{Crockford | forenames = Arthur John | surname = Dain | id = 19545 | accessed = 15 October 2019 }}</ref>

==Ordained ministry==
Dain was made a deacon at [[Michaelmas]] 1959 (20 September), by [[Falkner Allison]], [[Bishop of Chelmsford]], at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]] "for the colonies"<ref>{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas ordaintions | archive = 1959_09_25_019 | issue = 5041 | date = 25 September 1959 | page = 19 | accessed = 15 October 2019 }}</ref> (i.e. not intended to serve a usual curacy/title in Essex), and ordained priest the same year.<ref name="crockford" /> Shortly after ordination, he emigrated to [[Australia]] to serve as [[Secretary|federal secretary]] of the [[Church Mission Society]] there; he was also made an [[honorary canon]] of [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney]] in 1963.<ref name="Who" /> He was consecrated a bishop on 20 April 1965, and served as [[Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney|Bishop-Coadjutor of Sydney]]<ref>{{Church Times | title = New Federal Secretary for Australian CMS | archive = 1965_04_23_013 | issue = 5332 | date = 23 April 1965 | page = 13 | accessed = 15 October 2019 }}</ref> (or an [[assistant bishop]]). From 1980 until his retirement in 1982, he was senior assistant bishop and [[chief executive officer]] of the Diocese of Sydney.<ref name="Who" />

==Evangelism movement==
Dain was a prominent leader of the Evangelism movement, and closely associated with [[Billy Graham]] throughout his ministry.<ref name="Sept81" /> For instance, he served as Overseas Secretary of the British [[Evangelical Alliance]] (1950–1959)<ref name="Who" /> and chaired several international Evangelism conferences. He was chair of the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] of Australia.<ref name="Sept81" /><ref name="graham" />

==Personal life and retirement==
Dain married twice: in 1938 to Edith Jane Stewart (who died 1985),<ref name="graham">[http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/dain.html Billy Graham Center] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120915041417/https://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/dain.html Archived])</ref> with whom he had four daughters; and in 1986 to Hester Quirk. He was a published author – of ''Mission Fields To-day'' in 1956 and of ''Missionary Candidates'' in 1959 – and he was made an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1979. He retired to [[Lindfield, West Sussex]]<ref name="Who" /> (United Kingdom) and served the [[Diocese of Chichester]] as an [[honorary assistant bishop]] from 1987 until his death.<ref name="crockford" />

==References==
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