![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Faced with the challenges of pastoring, Richard turned to the devotional classics for soul sustenance. Although he would later describe that church as “a marginal failure on the ecclesiastical scoreboards,” Richard’s time at Woodlake would prove to be deeply formational. Now married to Carolynn and holding a seminary degree, Richard became the pastor of Woodlake Avenue Friends Church in Canoga Park, California. Because of their generosity, he was able to graduate from George Fox College and Fuller Theological Seminary. When as a teenager his parents died, his church family provided the funds for Richard to pursue his education. He came to faith in Christ in that small Friends gathering, and their ministry was pivotal in Richard’s life. Foster spent most of his growing-up years in Southern California, where he became friends with a group of Quaker youth. ![]()
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