S. Parkes Cadman | |
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![]() S. Parkes Cadman at age 46 in 1910 | |
Born | December 18, 1864 Ketley, Shropshire, England |
Died | July 12, 1936 | (aged 71)
Education | Richmond College, University of London; Wesleyan Methodist College |
Children | Frederick, Lillian, Marie |
Parent(s) | Samuel Cadman and Betsy (Parkes) Cadman |
Religion | Protestant Christian |
Church | Congregational Christian Churches |
Congregations served | Metropolitan Methodist Church, New York City, (1895-1901); Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn, New York (1901-1936) |
Offices held | New York radio pastor (1923-1928); Speaker, NBC radio network (1928-1936); President, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (1924-1928) |
Samuel Parkes Cadman (December 18, 1864 – July 12, 1936) was an English-born American liberal Protestant clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the New York Times.[1]