And here’s a website with his picture. http://www.wordsoflife.co.uk/FrankJenner/FrankJenner.htm

I’ll be honest…ever since I first heard the story of Mr. Genor from George Street I was a bit skeptical. Forty years of consistent tracting with no visible fruit (yes I know the prophet Jeremiah lived the same), then to find everything out and die two weeks later? It sounded a little too romanticized for me, but I never investigated this further until I recently discovered on the Living Waters website that the former link to the now widespread audio/video testimony was replaced by: “Due to a recent discovery of factual errors in this recording, we have taken it down from our site and it is no longer available” (as taken from http://www.livingwaters.com/listen.shtml).

So, I decided to finally investigate.

After a little internet searching, I discovered that Mr. Genor of George Street was actually Mr. Frank Jenner of George Street, and wonderfully so, many of the fundamental facts of the story are true! The account that follows is easily corroborated elsewhere, and is the most concise and complete version of what really happened that I could locate. As taken from http://www.spiritualblessings.org/mags/SB%2021-1%20Jan%20Feb%202007.pdf:

Getting It Right By Athol Walter

In our last issue, we printed the story of a man in Sydney who, for many years, spent time in George Street, speaking to people about their eternal destiny. The account told of many people all over the world, whose lives had been changed by the witness of this faithful servant of the Lord. The information came to us from a tape recording on which a Christian Pastor recounted the story, and one of the men in our Fellowship transcribed the account from the tape.

It turns out that, while the fundamentals of the story are correct, some details were wrong. A member of our Sydney fellowship happened to know something of the story and obtained a book which contains the true account. He kindly sent the book to me, and we are happy to set the record straight. In fact, in his foreword to the book, the author tells how the story has been embellished many times, which caused some distress to the family, and he wrote the book to set the record straight. The title of the book is “Jenner of George St.” written by Dr Raymond Wilson, who also published it.

So here, briefly, are the facts. The man’s name was Frank Jenner. He was born in Southampton, England in 1903. His father was a retired sea captain. Frank was sent to sea at the age of twelve on a training ship for ‘naughty boys’, although, according to the records, he was not a bad boy. He loved the life of a sailor. He later joined the Royal Navy, then jumped ship and spent some time in the US navy. He jumped ship again, this time in Melbourne, Australia.

It was in Melbourne that he met the girl who would become his wife, Jessie, and they were married in 1929. Around this time, he joined the Australian Navy. It was in Melbourne also, that Frank came upon an open-air meeting being conducted by some ‘Brethren’ men. He stopped to listen, and got talking to some of the men. He accepted their invitation to go with them for a cup of tea and a chat, and later that evening he responded to the invitation to give his life to the Lord. Much happened which we can’t record here, but eventually the Jenner family moved to Sydney. Over the years, Frank Jenner developed his unique method of evangelism, as described in the previous article. He not only accosted people, but any who showed interest were invited back to the Gospel Hall, or often to his home for a meal and earnest talk.

The other point that should be corrected concerns the time of Frank’s death. The account we heard told how a preacher came from overseas and wanted to meet the man about whom he had heard so much. He was taken to Frank’s home and was able to tell him of the many converts he had met, whose life had been changed by their encounter with Jenner of George Street. It was said then that Frank died a week or so later. While that makes for a very moving story, it is not true.

Yes, indeed, the overseas preacher came looking for him and was able to tell him about the many now serving the Lord, of whom Frank knew nothing. That was in 1953, but Frank Jenner lived on for many years, falling asleep in Christ on 8th. May, 1977.

Here is where the book can be purchased: http://shop2.mailordercentral.com/gospel/prodinfo.asp?number=X-JGS. And to think Mr. Jenner was converted through street preaching?!? Wow. Truly the Word of God never returns void.