Charles Gilchrist Adams
Charles Gilchrist Adams (born December 13, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan[1]) served as the first Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry at Harvard Divinity School from 2007[2] to 2012.[3]
Biography[]
Adams served as the senior pastor at in Detroit, Michigan, United States, since 1969.
Adams earned a bachelor's 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.[4]
In 1991[5] and 1992,[6] 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".[7]
Notes[]
- ^ "Hartford Memorial Baptist Churct, Detroit: Our Pastor". Archived from the original on 2008-09-11.
- ^ "Five New Members of Faculty Taking Up Duties in 2007-08" (PDF). Harvard Divinity Today. Summer 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Charles G. Adams". Harvard Divinity School. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Charles Gilchrist Adams Bio". Morehouse College. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 46 (7): 48. May 1991. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 47 (7): 62. May 1992. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 49 (1): 158. November 1993. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
External links[]
- Works by or about Charles Gilchrist Adams in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Living people
- Clergy from Detroit
- Cass Technical High School alumni
- University of Michigan alumni
- Harvard Divinity School alumni
- African-American Baptist ministers
- Baptist ministers from the United States
- Harvard Divinity School faculty
- 1936 births
- Baptists from Michigan