Cummins, Robert, 1897-1982

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Birth 1897

Death 1982

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Robert Cummins was a Universalist minister who was born in Sidney, Ohio and ordained in 1926. He was the general superintendent of the Universalist Church of America from 1938 to 1954.

From the description of Papers of Robert Cummins, 1932-1978 (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 181936348

Robert Cummins ( 1897-1982 ) was born in Sidney, Ohio . He received a BA from Miami University in 1919, an MA from the University of Cincinnati in 1921, and a ThM from the University of Southern California in 1937 . He was ordained a Universalist minister in 1926 . Cummins began his career as a teacher at the Boon-It Institute in Bangkok, Thailand . He returned to the United States in the early 1920s and served pastorates in Milford, Newton, and Montgomery, Ohio, before settling in Cincinnati in 1926 . He moved to Pasadena, California, in 1932 to become pastor of Throop Memorial Universalist Church . From 1938 to 1954, he served as the general superintendent of the Universalist Church of America . Cummins retired from active ministry in 1953 and was called upon by President Eisenhower to head the U.S. State Department's International Cooperation Administration . From 1960 to 1961 he served as president of the Universalist Church of Maine . He is also the author of Religious Implications of the Democratic Process ( 1940 ), Parish Practice in Universalist Churches: Manual of Organization and Administration ( 1946 ), The Universalist Church of America ( 1953 ) and Excluded: The Story of the Council of Churches and the Universalists ( 1964 ).

From the guide to the Cummins, Robert, 1897-1982. Papers, 1932-1978., (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School)