Background
Cavert, Samuel Mccrea was born on September 9, 1888 in Charlton, New York, United States. Son of Walter I. and Elizabeth (Brann) Cavert.
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- Author: Securing Christian Leaders for Tomorrow, 1926. The Adventure of the Church, 1927. On the Road to Christian Unity, 1961.The American Churches in the Ecumenical Movement: 1900-1968, 1968. Church Cooperation and Unity in America, 1970. (part author or editor) The Church and Industrial Reconstruction, 1920.Christian Unity: Its Principles and Possibilities, 1921. The Teaching Work of the Church, 1923. (with Henry P. Van Dusen) The Church Through Half a Century, 1936.Chairman advisory board Religious Book Club, 1958-1968. Editorial board Religion (quarterly). Senior editor Pulpit Digest, 1958-1968.
Samuel Mccrea Cavert
Samuel Mccrea Cavert, American clergyman, church executive. Member President Roosevelt’s Advisory Committee for Political Refugees; Member Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Union College, 1910, Doctor of Divinity, 1935. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1914. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1915.
Doctor of Divinity, Lawrence College, 1928. Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1942. Doctor of Divinity, Yale, 1948, Princeton, 1951, Kalamazoo College, 1956.
Doctor of Theology, U. Goettingen, 1948. Doctor of Humane Letters, American U., 1951. Doctor of Letters, Park College, 1952.
Career
February 1920); 1 daughter, Mary Ruth (Mistress Harold A. Ramsey). Married second, Ruth Twila Lytton, June 28, 1927. Secretary, student Young Men’s Christian Association, 1910-1912, also instructor Greek, Union College.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1915. Assistant systematic theology Union Theological Seminary, 1915-1916. Fellow Union Theological seminary, Orient, 1916-1917.
Assistant secretary General War-Time Commission Churches, 1917-1918. First lieutenant, chaplain United States Army, 1918-1919. Secretary Committee on War and Religious Outlook, 1919-1920.
Associate secretary Federal Council Churches Christ in American, 1920, general secretary, 1921-1950. General secretary National Council Churches Christ in United States of America 1951-1954. Executive secretary World Council Churches, 1954-1957.
William Henry Hoover lecturer Christian Unity, 1958. Delegate World Conference of Churches, Jerusalem, 1928, Oxford, Edinburgh, 1937, Utrecht, 1938, Lund, 1952, New Delhi, 1961, Geneva, 1966, Uppsala, 1968. Chairman, Committee on Arrangements for First Assembly of World Council, Amsterdam, Holland, 1948.
Protestant liaison official between German chs. and American Military Government authorities, United States Zone Occupation, 1946. Vice Chairman, Board Of Directors Union Theological Seminary, 1948-1966. Trustee Union College, honorary chancellor, 1945.
Works
Other Work
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Author: Securing Christian Leaders for Tomorrow, 1926. The Adventure of the Church, 1927. On the Road to Christian Unity, 1961.The American Churches in the Ecumenical Movement: 1900-1968, 1968. Church Cooperation and Unity in America, 1970. (part author or editor) The Church and Industrial Reconstruction, 1920.Christian Unity: Its Principles and Possibilities, 1921. The Teaching Work of the Church, 1923. (with Henry P. Van Dusen) The Church Through Half a Century, 1936.Chairman advisory board Religious Book Club, 1958-1968. Editorial board Religion (quarterly). Senior editor Pulpit Digest, 1958-1968.
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Membership
Member President Roosevelt’s Advisory Committee for Political Refugees. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Century (New York City).
Connections
Married Ruth Miller, November 14, 1918 (deceased.; married second, Ruth Twila Lytton, June 28, 1927.
- Father:
- Walter I. Cavert
- Mother:
- Elizabeth (Brann) Cavert
- Spouse:
- Ruth Miller
- Spouse:
- Ruth Twila Lytton
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Born
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Died
December 21, 1976 (aged 88) -
Nationality
American -
Political Party
Democrat