Charles Gilchrist Adams

Charles Gilchrist Adams (born December 13, 1936, Detroit, Michigan^[1]) became the first Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry at Harvard Divinity School in 2007.^[2]

Biography

Adams served as the Senior Pastor at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, United States, since 1969.^[2]

Adams earned a bachelors degree from the University of Michigan and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. He obtained a Rockefeller Fellowship of Harvard University, a Doctoral Fellowship of Union Theological Seminary and the Merrill Theological Fellowship of Harvard University.^[3]

In 1991^[4] and 1992,^[5] Ebony selected Adams as one of the 100 "Most Influential Black Americans".

In 1993, Ebony magazine listed^{[clarification needed]} Adams in their list of "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers".^[6]

Notes

1. ^ "Hartford Memorial Baptist Churct, Detroit: Our Pastor". Archived from the original on 2009-12-19. http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hartfordchurchdetroit.org%2Four_pastor.nxg. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "HDS - Faculty - Charles G. Adams". Harvard Divinity School. http://www.hds.harvard.edu/faculty/adams.cfm. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
3. ^ "Charles Gilchrist Adams Bio". Morehouse College. http://www.morehouse.edu/about/boardbios/cadams.html. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
4. ^ "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony (Johnson Publishing Company) 46 (7): 48. May 1991. ISSN 0012-9011. http://books.google.com/books?id=UdQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
5. ^ "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony (Johnson Publishing Company) 47 (7): 62. May 1992. ISSN 0012-9011. http://books.google.com/books?id=tMwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
6. ^ "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers". Ebony (Johnson Publishing Company) 49 (1): 158. November 1993. ISSN 0012-9011. http://books.google.com/books?id=6MsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA158. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 

External links

• Works by or about Charles Gilchrist Adams in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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