Charles Gilchrist Adams
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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[1] to 2012.[2]
Biography
Charles Gilchrist Adams was born on December 13, 1936, in Detroit, Michigan.[3]
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.[4]
Adams served as the senior pastor at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit from 1969 to 2019.[5]
In 1991[6] and 1992,[7] Ebony magazine selected Adams as one of the 100 "Most Influential Black Americans". In 1993, Ebony listedScript error: No such module "Unsubst". Adams in their list of "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers".[8]
Adams died from pneumonia and cardiac arrest on November 29, 2023, at the age of 86.[5]
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- 1936 births
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- Clergy from Detroit
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- Harvard Divinity School faculty
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- Deaths from pneumonia in Michigan