Arthur Walkington Pink was born in Nottingham, England, to a corn merchant, a devout non-conformist of uncertain denomination, though probably a Congregationalist. Otherwise, almost nothing is, known of Pink's childhood or education except that he had some ability and training in music. As a young man, Pink, joined the Theosophical Society and apparently rose to enough prominence within its ranks that Annie Besant, its head, offered to admit him to its leadership circle. In 1908, he renounced Theosophy for evangelical Christianity.
