Eugene Carson Blake was an American Protestant Church leader in the 1950s and 60s, and President of the National Council of Churches in the United States, 1954—1957. He was General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, 1966—1974. Blake's sermon is considered to be the impetus for the 40-year Consultation on Church Union ecumenical effort to unite ten mainline denominations. He was educated at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh.

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  • Eugene Carson Blake was an American Protestant Church leader in the 1950s and 60s, and President of the National Council of Churches in the United States, 1954—1957. He was General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, 1966—1974. Blake's sermon is considered to be the impetus for the 40-year Consultation on Church Union ecumenical effort to unite ten mainline denominations. He was educated at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh. From 1928 to 1929, he taught at the Forman Christian College in Lahore; from 1935 to 1951, he was the minister of Presbyterian churches in America; and from 1951 to 1958, he was stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A. ), and of the United Presbyterian Church until 1966. Dr. Blake once said that he was "the first white clergyman to be arrested in the civil rights movement. " He is buried in Stamford's Long Ridge Union Cemetery.
  • Eugene Carson Blake var en amerikansk protestantisk kirkeleder på 1950- og 60-tallet. Han var president i National Council of Churches i USA fra 1954 til 57 og generalsekretær i Kirkenes verdensråd fra 1966 til 1974. En preken av Blake blir regent som starten på det som 40 år senere endte i den økumeniske uttalelsen Consultation on Church Union, en uttalelse som søkte å samle ti ulike protestantiske kirkesamfunn i USA. Han var utdannet fra Princeton University og University of Edinburgh. Fra 1928 til 29 underviste han på Forman Christian College i Lahore. Fra 1935 til 1951 var han prest i ulike presbyterianske kirker i USA, og fra 1951 til 58 var han sekretær for generalforsamlingen for kirkesamfunnet Presbyterian Church og fram til 1966 for United Presbyterian Church. Han er gravlagt på Long Ridge Union Cemetery i Stamford.
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  • Eugene Carson Blake was an American Protestant Church leader in the 1950s and 60s, and President of the National Council of Churches in the United States, 1954—1957. He was General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, 1966—1974. Blake's sermon is considered to be the impetus for the 40-year Consultation on Church Union ecumenical effort to unite ten mainline denominations. He was educated at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh.
  • Eugene Carson Blake var en amerikansk protestantisk kirkeleder på 1950- og 60-tallet. Han var president i National Council of Churches i USA fra 1954 til 57 og generalsekretær i Kirkenes verdensråd fra 1966 til 1974. En preken av Blake blir regent som starten på det som 40 år senere endte i den økumeniske uttalelsen Consultation on Church Union, en uttalelse som søkte å samle ti ulike protestantiske kirkesamfunn i USA.
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