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American Congregational clergyman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Edward Jefferson (August 29, 1860 – 1937) was an American Congregational clergyman.
Charles Edward Jefferson | |
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_(cropped).png) Jefferson (c. 1927) | |
| Born | August 29, 1860 Cambridge, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | 1937 (aged 76–77) |
| Alma mater | Ohio Wesleyan University Boston University |
| Ordained | 1887 |
Jefferson was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on August 29, 1860. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, in 1882 and from the School of Theology of Boston University in 1887. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1887. He was pastor of the Central Congregational Church at Chelsea, Massachusetts, until 1898, when he became pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York. In 1914 he became chairman of the executive committee of the Church of Peace Union, endowed by Andrew Carnegie.[1]
Among his writings are:[1]
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