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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1930|11|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Millom]], [[Cumbria]], [[England]]
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| residence = [[Oconomowoc, Wisconsin]]<ref name="jsonline">{{cite journal | author = Heinen, Tom | date=2 March 2008 | title=Faith Put Into Action | journal = Journal Sentinel | location = Milwaukee, WI | url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/29394014.html | dead-url = yes | archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5sEbQSSle | archive-date=August 24, 2010 | accessdate=18 March 2017 | quote= [Quote:] Not bad for an Oconomowoc couple with three children and 13 grandchildren. }}</ref>
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
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| education = [[Capernwray Hall|Capernwray Hall Bible School]]
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| occupation = [[Author]]<br>International Speaker
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| spouse = [[Jill Briscoe]]
| children = David, Judy, Peter{{citation needed (lead)|date=March 2017}}
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| website = http://www.tellingthetruth.org
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'''D. Stuart Briscoe'''<!--Honourifics are rarely used at Wikipedia. Doctorates from PhDs, LLD, even MDs are among those not presented.--> (born 11 November 1930 in [[Millom]], [[Cumbria]], [[England]]) is an [[evangelical Christian]] author, international speaker and the former senior pastor of [[Elmbrook Church]], in [[Brookfield, Wisconsin]]. Elmbrook is the largest church in [[Wisconsin]], averaging 7,000 in attendance per week,<ref name=Judson>{{cite web|title=Dr. Stuart Briscoe to Speak for Judson University's May 2012 Community Prayer Breakfast|publisher=[[Judson University]]|date=March 21, 2012|url=http://www.judsonu.edu/Articles/Dr__Stuart_Briscoe_to_Speak_for_Judson_University_s_May_2012_Community_Prayer_Breakfast/|access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref> making it one of the [[List of the largest Protestant churches in the United States|100-largest churches in the United States]].{{cn|date=April 2017}} Briscoe is credited with transforming Elmbrook from a church of 300 members to one of the [[List of the largest evangelical megachurches|largest churches in America]].
Briscoe was called as senior pastor to Elmbrook in 1970, after a banking career in [[England]] and an international ministry under the auspices of ''[[Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers]]''. During his pastorate, Elmbrook grew tremendously and planted a number of "daughter" churches in the [[Greater Milwaukee]] area, while Briscoe also continued his international teaching ministry. He has written more than 40 books.<ref name=Judson /> His media ministry, ''Telling the Truth'', which he founded in 1971, continues to operate.<ref>{{cite web | author = Briscoe, Stuart | date = 2017 | title=Authors: Stuart Briscoe | format = publisher autobiography | work=Tyndale.com | url=https://www.tyndale.com/authors/stuart-briscoe/82 | access-date = 19 March 2017}}{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}{{verification needed|date=March 2017}}
In 2000, after serving for 30 years as Elmbrook's senior pastor, Briscoe and his wife, [[Jill Briscoe|Jill]], embarked on new ministries as Elmbrook's ''Ministers-at-Large'', concentrating on reaching out to [[pastors]], [[missionaries]] and church leaders around the world, while still maintaining close ties with Elmbrook, their home church. Briscoe and his wife have three adult children and 13 grandchildren and the couple resides in [[Oconomowoc, Wisconsin]].<ref name="jsonline"/><ref>{{cite web | author = Briscoe, Stuart | date = 2008 | title= Meet Elmbrook Pastors, Ministers at Large: Stuart Briscoe | format = employment autobiography | work=Elmbrook.org | url=http://www.elmbrook.org/articlelink.asp?iid=2002 | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081223144520/http://www.elmbrook.org/articlelink.asp?iid=2002 | archive-date = 23 December 2008 | access-date = 19 March 2017}}{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}<ref>{{cite web | author = Briscoe, Stuart | date = 2011 | title=Authors, Author Detail: Stuart Briscoe | format = publisher autobiography | work=Zondervan.com | url=http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Authors/Author.htm?ContributorID=BriscoeS&QueryStringSite=Zondervan | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724155414/http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Authors/Author.htm?ContributorID=BriscoeS&QueryStringSite=Zondervan | archive-date = 24 July 2011 | access-date = 19 March 2017}}{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.briscoeministriesinc.com/ Stuart & Jill Briscoe's Ministry website, Briscoe Ministries, Inc.]
* [http://www.tellingthetruth.org ''Telling The Truth'' Ministries website]
* [http://www.elmbrook.org/ Elmbrook Church website]
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{{Infobox person
| name = Stuart Briscoe
| image = Stuart Briscoe.jpg
| image_size = 270px
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1930|11|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Millom]], [[Cumbria]], [[England]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| residence = [[Oconomowoc, Wisconsin]]<ref name="jsonline">{{cite journal | author = Heinen, Tom | date=2 March 2008 | title=Faith Put Into Action | journal = Journal Sentinel | location = Milwaukee, WI | url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/29394014.html | dead-url = yes | archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5sEbQSSle | archive-date=August 24, 2010 | accessdate=18 March 2017 | quote= [Quote:] Not bad for an Oconomowoc couple with three children and 13 grandchildren. }}</ref>
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
| other_names =
| known_for =
| education = [[Capernwray Hall|Capernwray Hall Bible School]]
| employer =
| occupation = [[Author]]<br>International Speaker
| title =
| salary =
| networth =
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =
| boards =
| spouse = [[Jill Briscoe]]
| children = David, Judy, Peter{{citation needed (lead)|date=March 2017}}
| parents =
| relatives =
| signature =
| website = http://www.tellingthetruth.org
| footnotes =
}}
'''D. Stuart Briscoe'''<!--Honourifics are rarely used at Wikipedia. Doctorates from PhDs, LLD, even MDs are among those not presented.--> (born 11 November 1930 in [[Millom]], [[Cumbria]], [[England]]) is an [[evangelical Christian]] author, international speaker and the former senior pastor of [[Elmbrook Church]], in [[Brookfield, Wisconsin]]. Elmbrook is the largest church in [[Wisconsin]], averaging 7,000 in attendance per week,<ref name=Judson>{{cite web|title=Dr. Stuart Briscoe to Speak for Judson University's May 2012 Community Prayer Breakfast|publisher=[[Judson University]]|date=March 21, 2012|url=http://www.judsonu.edu/Articles/Dr__Stuart_Briscoe_to_Speak_for_Judson_University_s_May_2012_Community_Prayer_Breakfast/|access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref> making it one of the [[List of the largest Protestant churches in the United States|100-largest churches in the United States]].{{cn|date=April 2017}} Briscoe is credited with transforming Elmbrook from a church of 300 members to one of the [[List of the largest evangelical megachurches|largest churches in America]].
Briscoe was called as senior pastor to Elmbrook in 1970, after a banking career in [[England]] and an international ministry under the auspices of ''[[Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers]]''. During his pastorate, Elmbrook grew tremendously and planted a number of "daughter" churches in the [[Greater Milwaukee]] area, while Briscoe also continued his international teaching ministry. He has written more than 40 books.<ref name=Judson /> His media ministry, ''Telling the Truth'', which he founded in 1971, continues to operate.<ref>{{cite web | author = Briscoe, Stuart | date = 2017 | title=Authors: Stuart Briscoe | format = publisher autobiography | work=Tyndale.com | url=https://www.tyndale.com/authors/stuart-briscoe/82 | access-date = 19 March 2017}}{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}{{verification needed|date=March 2017}}
In 2000, after serving for 30 years as Elmbrook's senior pastor, Briscoe and his wife, [[Jill Briscoe|Jill]], embarked on new ministries as Elmbrook's ''Ministers-at-Large'', concentrating on reaching out to [[pastors]], [[missionaries]] and church leaders around the world, while still maintaining close ties with Elmbrook, their home church. Briscoe and his wife have three adult children and 13 grandchildren and the couple resides in [[Oconomowoc, Wisconsin]].<ref name="jsonline"/><ref>{{cite web | author = Briscoe, Stuart | date = 2008 | title= Meet Elmbrook Pastors, Ministers at Large: Stuart Briscoe | format = employment autobiography | work=Elmbrook.org | url=http://www.elmbrook.org/articlelink.asp?iid=2002 | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081223144520/http://www.elmbrook.org/articlelink.asp?iid=2002 | archive-date = 23 December 2008 | access-date = 19 March 2017}}{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}<ref>{{cite web | author = Briscoe, Stuart | date = 2011 | title=Authors, Author Detail: Stuart Briscoe | format = publisher autobiography | work=Zondervan.com | url=http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Authors/Author.htm?ContributorID=BriscoeS&QueryStringSite=Zondervan | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724155414/http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Authors/Author.htm?ContributorID=BriscoeS&QueryStringSite=Zondervan | archive-date = 24 July 2011 | access-date = 19 March 2017}}{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=March 2017}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.briscoeministriesinc.com/ Stuart & Jill Briscoe's Ministry website, Briscoe Ministries, Inc.]
* [http://www.tellingthetruth.org ''Telling The Truth'' Ministries website]
* [http://www.elmbrook.org/ Elmbrook Church website]
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