Algernon James Pollock was the eldest son born to a Christian banker and his wife in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At eleven, he made a profession of faith in Christ. Early in life, he was introduced to leading figures amongst the Brethren (John Nelson Darby was entertained in the home when Algie was about fifteen). He followed his father into banking, but his true calling was to share the treasure he had found in heaven, and he left to become a full-time evangelist. He was an indefatigable apologist from the pulpit and in print wherever he saw the Christian faith under attack. He wrote several books, but he is probably best known for over fifty pamphlets containing critiques of deviations from Bible-based, Christ-centred Christianity. His ministry was not restricted to the United Kingdom; he travelled in the USA in 1898 and visited Scandinavia, Spain, Germany and India.
