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Summer Speaker Series at the Presbyterian Historical Society, Montreat, North Carolina The Presbyterian Historical Society is pleased to announce its summer speaker series. Funded through the generosity of supporters of the society, all events begin at 2:30 pm on Wednesday and conclude with refreshments.
In the mid-20th century, a professor at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia led Southern Presbyterians to greater awareness of the social message of the Gospel as the church deals with race, poverty, and other issues. Dean Thompson served for over three decades as pastor to Presbyterian congregations in West Virginia, Texas, and California, and was recently inaugurated as President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. His post-graduate degrees, all from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, include a Ph.D. in American religious history.
Between 1910 and 1950 China experienced revolution, warlords, floods, famine, Japanese invasion and Communist takeover. Dr. Brown will survey these tumultuous years through the eyes of his missionary father, and will give an update on Christianity in China today. He will also sign copies of his new book, Legacy: Frank A. Brown of China. Born in China, Dr. Brown has served as a missionary in South Korea, as Director of the Division of International Mission and as China Liaison for the Presbyterian Church U.S., and on the faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. He has written three books on Christianity in China.
Worshiping freely without government interference is a hard-won right. Dr. Bluford will tell the story of the fight for religious freedom in Virginia led by a dynamic young Presbyterian minister, Samuel Davies. He will also sign copies of his new book Living on the Borders of Eternity: The Story of Samuel Davies. Dr. Bluford served as a bomber pilot in World War II, as a Presbyterian pastor in Virginia and the Carolinas, and holds three degrees from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Still active as a pastor, he is founder and president of the Historic Polegreen Foundation, which promotes the story of Samuel Davies and religious freedom and preserves the site of one of Davies' early churches.
Dr. Wade goes back to the early settlement of the southern mountains to show what makes Appalachian Presbyterianism unique and how it has influenced the history of the denomination. Dr. Wade grew up in Memphis, graduated from what is now Rhodes College, and holds the Ph.D. in history from UNC-Chapel Hill. He taught history for over 45 years and served as dean at King College, Bristol, Tenn., where he now cares for the college archives. For additional information, please contact the society regional office in Montreat: 318 Georgia Terrace, Montreat NC 28757; 828-669-7061.
A maverick Presbyterian minister in the Carolinas in the early 1800s, Davis spoke out against slavery, promoted his own views about the Last Days--and even started his own denomination. Mr. Bynum is Acting Deputy Director of the Presbyterian Historical Society's Montreat office, where he has served for 20 years. He holds history degrees from Wofford College and the University of Virginia, and is an Associate Editor of The Journal of Presbyterian History.
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