Introduction

Biography

After or­di­na­tion, Reitz pas­tored at the First Bap­tist Church, Ber­lin, Wis­con­sin (1918–21); the Rose­hill Bap­tist Church, Los An­ge­les, Ca­li­for­nia; and the Fair­view Heights Bap­tist Church, In­gle­wood, Ca­li­for­nia (1926–52).

One of his ac­quaint­anc­es, Jack Clif­ford, tells this sto­ry:

He told me Jack, re­mem­ber that God is able to sus­tain you in all times. He then went on to tell me (a young as­pir­ing preach­er) that he had preached a ser­mon on Sun­day, bur­ied his wife on Mon­day, and his daught­er on Tues­day. It has al­ways stuck with me.

He called him­self an oc­to­ge­ra­ni­um.

Reitz wrote ov­er 100 Gos­pel songs in his life­time.