Protestant Truth Society: Council Portraits

Protestant Truth Society is a Bible based Society which seeks to promote the Truth of God's Word.

Council Portraits

Here we wish to introduce you to members of our Council so that when you pray for them you will have a clearer picture of who they are:

Dermot Nash

I was born in Dublin, in 1935. I was brought up in the Roman Catholic Faith and educated by the Christian Brothers at St Vincent de Paul's School. Glasnevin, Dublin.

In September 1954 I applied to a religious order for admittance to its noviciate, in order that I might study for the Roman Catholic priesthood.

I felt quite certain that if I dedicated my life to God in this way I would find the peace of soul that I had not found in the daily practice of Roman Catholicism.
Not having studied Latin at school I attended their Seminary to learn Latin and continued my secular education. I enjoyed this life greatly at first, but as the months went by I began to realise that a change of environment did not bring about a change of heart. After almost two years I left the Seminary and returned to Dublin.

I rejoined the Legion of Mary, an organisation within Catholic Action, and continued the picketing of open-air gospel meetings. It was through the witness of a young Christian that I began to study the Bible. The more I read the Scriptures the more confused I became, until one evening while reading John 10:27-28 the Holy Spirit enlightened my soul and I realised that I was not a sheep of the fold of Jesus. On the evening of April 19th 1957 I opened the Bible at Jn10: 27-28 and prayed that God would forgive me my sins and give me the life that Jesus spoke about. A great peace filled my soul as I poured out my heart before God and cried to Him for mercy. The guilt, burden, and consciousness of my sin just vanished away and for the first time in my life I knew what it was to be in the presence of the Living God.
I left the Roman Catholic Church and worshipped with believers at Fairview Hall, a small Brethren Assembly. I was greatly helped by the Christians in Dublin, in understanding the doctrines of the Word of God, but I was particularly indebted to the Rev.T R. Horne, of the Irish Church Missions for the time he spent with me explaining the doctrinal errors of Rome, through a proper understanding of scripture.

The Archbishop of Dublin threatened my family with excommunication if I was not evicted from my home, so I came to London in the January of 1958.

I worked for the Evangelical Protestant Society for three years, after which I accepted the call to pastor an Evangelical Free Church in Rainham, Essex and later, the Evangelical Free Church in South Ockendon, Essex. After some years of pastoring, I returned to secular employment and continued to minister the Word of God in various churches.

I worked with an international company of hauliers as Administration Manager for their large fleet of vehicles. When I took early retirement I started my own business doing small business accounts and Income Tax returns.

Two years ago I launched my own web site www.in-understanding.org for the evangelisation of Roman Catholics. I also oversee the PTS web site.

I am pleased to be a member of the council of the Protestant Truth Society and strongly believe that such a witness is as vital today as it has ever been.

Dermot Nash