Howard M. Ervin

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rdf:langString Howard M. Ervin (September 21, 1915 – August 12, 2009) was an American scholar and pastor. He was a professor at Oral Roberts University until December 2006. He served on the faculty for 40 years and has been involved with the university from its inauguration in 1963. Only Robert G. Voight has served, as of May 7, 2009, longer than Ervin at the faculty of Oral Roberts University. Ervin was born on September 21, 1915 in , Pennsylvania. Ervin earned a Th.D. from Princeton University. Ervin earned a BA and ThB from Easter Baptist Theological Seminary. He also earned a MA from the Asia Institute and a BD from New Brunswick Seminary. Ervin was a pastor of an American Baptist congregation (Emmanuel Baptist Church, Atlantic Highlands, NJ) might sound odd when one observes his seminal works on manifestations of the Holy Spirit, which are still among the finest works on this topic today. His work in the field of the manifestations of the Spirit were honored in a special collection of essays.