Background
Ross, Abel Hastings was born on April 28, 1831 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Phineas and Betsey (Marshall) Ross.
Ross, Abel Hastings was born on April 28, 1831 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Phineas and Betsey (Marshall) Ross.
Graduate Oberlin College, 1857, Andover Theol: Seminary, 1860.
Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, Boylston, Massachusetts, 1861, pastor, 1861-1866. Pastor First Church, Springfield, O., 1866-1873, Plymouth Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1873-1875, Portuguese Huron, Michigan, 1876-1893. Lecturer on church polity Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1871-1891.
Southworth lecturer on Congregationalism at Andover Theological Seminary, 1882-1886.
An authority on history and polity of Congressional denomination, one of its most influential leaders. Advocated an advisory ecumenical Congressional council, wrote “An Ecumenical Council of the Congregational Churches,” published Congressional Quarterly, 1874.
Had important role in International Congressional Council, London, 1891. Author: The Ohio Manual.
Statement of the Historical, Doctrinal and Ecclesiastical Position of the Congregational Churches, 1877.
The Church of God. A Catechism, 1881. Sermons for Children, 1887. Church-Kingdom, 1887.
Pocket Manual of Congregationalism, 1889.
Immanuel Catechism for Infant Classes, 1893.
Married Mary Maria Gilman, October 15, 1860.