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 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 2008-09-11.
  2. "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.
  3. "Charles Gilchrist Adams Bio". Morehouse College. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  4. "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 46 (7): 48. May 1991. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  5. "The Most Influential Black Americans". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 47 (7): 62. May 1992. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  6. "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 49 (1): 158. November 1993. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
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