Background
Gray, G. Charles was born on November 23, 1889 in Saint Georges, Delaware, United States. Son of Montgomery Johns and Mary Rebecca (Sutton) Gray.
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G. Charles Gray
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G. Charles Gray, American clergyman. Member Kansas City Committee National Housing Board.; member of the board for examining chaplaincy candidates, United States Army, Central West Division, 1919-1920; Member Alpha Chi Rho, Wranglers; Mason. Chaplain Military Order of World Wars; member board of trustees Friends of Democracy (New York).
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1909, honorary Master of Arts, 1913. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1912. Doctor of Divinity, Park College, 1935.
Career
1 son, James Collins. Entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1908, ordained, 1908. Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, 1908-1909.
Associate minister Old South Congressional Church, Boston, 1911-1915.
Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Newton, Massachusetts, 1915-1918. Chaplain (captain) United States Army, 1918-1920.
Associate director American Red Cross, United States Army Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1920-1921. Editorial and promotion work, religious motion pictures, New York, 1922-1929.
Pastor Westminster Congressional Church, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1929.
State director American Campaign for China Famine Relief, 1921-1922. Guest radio preacher, Station WDAF, Kansas City Star, 1929-1940. Radio preacher Columbia national chain, summer, 1936.
Achievements
Membership
Member Kansas City Committee National Housing Board. Member of the board for examining chaplaincy candidates, United States Army, Central West Division, 1919-1920. Member Alpha Chi Rho, Wranglers.
Mason.
Chaplain Military Order of World Wars. Member board of trustees Friends of Democracy (New York). Clubs: University, Blue Hills Country.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Maud Collins, March 23, 1919.
