Charles W. Brashares papers, 1912-1972.

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Charles W. Brashares papers, 1912-1972.

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, topical files, and miscellanea concerning his work as delegate to the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches; also material concerning the Methodist Church and social problems; correspondence with G. Bromley Oxnam concerning his appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1953; and photographs.

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Brashares, Charles W., 1891-1982.

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Charles W. Brashares was born March 31, 1891 at Williamsport, Ohio. He attended Ohio Wesleyan, Boston University, Harvard and Cornell, receiving degrees of A.B., D.D., LL.D. He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1917 and served as pastor in Massachusetts, Maine, Ohio, and Michigan from 1917 to 1944. He served in Ann Arbor from 1934 to 1944. He was bishop of the Des Moines area from 1944 to 1952 and bishop of Chicago area since 1952. He died in 1982. From the guide to t...

World Council of Churches

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The World Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization that was founded in Amsterdam in 1948. From the description of World Council of Churches records, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702164061 The desire of the World Council of Churches to open a dialogue with Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims resulted in the 1971 Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies (DFI) program. This program supports interreligious multi-lateral and b...

Oxnam, G. Bromley (Garfield Bromley), 1891-1963

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Methodist clergyman and theologian. From the description of Papers of G. Bromley Oxnam, 1823-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452145 Biographical Note 1891, Aug. 14 Born, Sonora, Calif. 1913 A.B., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. ...

First Methodist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...