Charles Gilchrist Adams Explained

Charles Gilchrist Adams
Birth Date:13 December 1936
Birth Place:Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.[1]
Occupation:Minister
Education:University of Michigan
Harvard Divinity School
Spouse:Agnes Adams
Children:2

Charles Gilchrist Adams (December 13, 1936 – November 29, 2023) was an American pastor who served as the first Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry at Harvard Divinity School from 2007[2] to 2012.[3]

Biography

Charles Gilchrist Adams was born on December 13, 1936, in Detroit, Michigan.[4]

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.[5]

Adams served as the senior pastor at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit from 1969 to 2019.[6]

In 1991[7] and 1992,[8] Ebony magazine selected Adams as one of the 100 "Most Influential Black Americans". In 1993, Ebony listed Adams in their list of "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers".[9]

Adams died from pneumonia and cardiac arrest on November 29, 2023, at the age of 86.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beloved Detroit Reverend Charles G. Adams dies at 86, remembered for 50 years of service. FOX 2 Detroit. 30 November 2023. 30 November 2023.
  2. News: Five New Members of Faculty Taking Up Duties in 2007-08. 27 November 2013. Harvard Divinity Today. Summer 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20140123035434/http://www.hds.harvard.edu/sites/hds.harvard.edu/files/attachments/news-events/harvard-divinity-today/16062/2007v3n2.pdf. 23 January 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: Charles G. Adams . Harvard Divinity School . https://web.archive.org/web/20130611113849/http://www.hds.harvard.edu/people/faculty/charles-g-adams . 11 June 2013 . dead.
  4. Web site: Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, Detroit: Our Pastor . https://web.archive.org/web/20080911073940/http://www.hartfordchurchdetroit.org/our_pastor.nxg . 2008-09-11 .
  5. Web site: Charles Gilchrist Adams Bio . https://web.archive.org/web/20080430034854/http://www.morehouse.edu/about/boardbios/cadams.html . dead . 2008-04-30 . . 2010-01-29 .
  6. News: Jakkar Aimery . Marnie Muñoz . Mark Hicks . 'Prince of the pulpit': Detroit pastor emeritus Rev. Charles Gilchrist Adams dies at 86 . 4 December 2023 . The Detroit News . 29 November 2023.
  7. The Most Influential Black Americans . 48 . . May 1991 . 46 . 7 . 0012-9011 . Johnson Publishing Company . 2010-01-29.
  8. The Most Influential Black Americans . 62 . . May 1992 . 47 . 7 . 0012-9011 . Johnson Publishing Company . 2010-01-29.
  9. The 15 Greatest Black Preachers . 158 . . November 1993 . 49 . 1 . 0012-9011 . Johnson Publishing Company . 2010-01-29.

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