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John Rodgers (1727 – 1811), was a Presbyterian minister and chaplain who served in this capacity through the American Revolution, where he met and corresponded with General George Washington. During his academic years he became friends with the future acclaimed ministers Samuel Davies and Samuel Blair, both of whom were active in the early years of the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century. Rodgers served the greater part of his ministry duties in New York City beginning in 1765. With the recommendations of Benjamin Franklin and George Whitefield he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh. During the Revolutionary War he also served as Chaplain for…

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Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), also known professionally as Mister Rogers, was an American television personality, Presbyterian minister, and author. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001. Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York City, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS) television station WQED. He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor's degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyter…

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George Bourne (1780–1845) was an English-born American 19th-century abolitionist Presbyterian minister, journalist, and editor, credited as the first public proclaimer of "immediate emancipation without compensation" of American slaves. He is considered one of the pioneers of the anti-slavery movement in the United States. In 1816, he wrote and printed at home The Book and Slavery Irreconcilable by a citizen of Virginia. In his journalistic career, he wrote over twenty-two books including biographies of Rev John Wesley and Napoleon Bonaparte. His book on Thomas Jefferson and his presidency has been lost. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society and worked fervently at…

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David McGregore (November 6, 1710 – May 30, 1777), also known as McGregor, MacGregore or MacGregor, was a Presbyterian Minister and Member of the Colonial America Christian Clergy. His father, James McGregore, led his family and congregation of Scotch-Irish immigrants to America on five ships in 1718 and settled in a part of New Hampshire called Nutfield, which covers the modern towns of Derry, Londonderry, and Windham. Rev. David McGregor's sermons were very much ahead of his time and sheds light on the religious sentiments of colonial New England. He questioned the old scriptures and seems to have believed in experimenting in new beliefs and new forms of religion, which was considered ver…

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The Role of the Ordained Minister Today

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Rice, David (1733-1816), Presbyterian minister

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Finch, Peter (1661–1754), Presbyterian minister

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Ewing, Finis (1773-1841), Presbyterian minister

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Edwards, Gwilym Arthur, (31 May 1881–5 Oct. 1963), Minister Presbyterian Church of Wales (ordained 1909)

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