Word: pastors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Preston Bradley, son of a blacksmith of Linden, Mich., preached his first sermon at 15, studied law and obtained a D. C. L. degree, then returned to the church as a Presbyterian student pastor. Before he even got around to studying theology, Preston Bradley withdrew from the Presbyterian Church, began preaching independently, set up Peoples Church as an "all-sectarian" group in a Chicago theatre. By 1926, when he built a $750,000 church on the North Side, Dr. Bradley had found Unitarianism to his taste, affiliated his congregation with the American Unitarian Association. Peoples Churchgoers contribute...
...Bradley's jubilee dinner last week he was given a check for $2,000. Catholicism was represented, unofficially, by his good friend Judge John McGoorty, who, though a devout Catholic, is often called "assistant pastor of Peoples Church." Spokesman for Jewry was popular Rabbi Mann, who rejoiced that Adolf Hitler declined to allow Preston Bradley in Germany last year. Prayed Rabbi Mann, in Hebrew: "May you go on, dear Preston, from strength to strength. May your dust continue to serve even unto your 100th year...
...Christians proudly released a survey recording that 34 Protestant ministers hold seats in 21 State Legislatures. In addition, U. S. Senator Theodore Gilmore ("The Man'') Bilbo of Mississippi is a licensed Baptist lay preacher in good standing and U. S. Representative Herbert Seely Bigelow of Ohio is pastor of Cincinnati's People's Church. Secretary of State of Iowa is Dr. Robert Enlow O'Brian, Methodist minister and onetime president of Morningside College in Sioux City. Currently many a New Jersey Republican favors, as lis next gubernatorial candidate, Rev. Lester Harrison Clee, State Senator...
...Missouri Senate chose its first female chaplain, Rev. Mrs. Sophia Fritts, Christian Church pastor in Pleasant Hill. Said she: "I can guarantee there will be no long prayers...
...between onetime World Heavyweight Champion Max Adelbert Baer and a stolid 23-year-old Welshman named Tommy Farr. For winning decisively, becoming the first British heavyweight to attract international attention since Phil Scott (retired 1931), Farr got a purse of $15,000, offers of fights with Walter Neusel, Bob Pastor, John Henry Lewis, Max Schmeling...