Charles Gilchrist Adams
Charles Gilchrist Adams (born December 13, 1936 in 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.
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.[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
- ^ "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. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Charles Gilchrist Adams Bio". Morehouse College. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony. 46 (7). Johnson Publishing Company: 48. May 1991. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony. 47 (7). Johnson Publishing Company: 62. May 1992. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers". Ebony. 49 (1). Johnson Publishing Company: 158. November 1993. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.