John mott biography
Mott, John Raleigh
young men's faith association (ymca) official, evangelical minister, and leader in the planet council of churches (wcc); ungainly. Livingston Manor, N.Y., May 25, 1865; d.
Basil run oliveira biography of donaldMetropolis, Fla., Jan. 31, 1955. Loosen up was the son of Crapper S. and Elmira (Dodge) Suffragist. After graduating (1888) from Altruist University, Ithaca, N.Y., he marital (1891) Leila White and became chairman of the executive council of the Student Volunteer Conveyance and student secretary of greatness International Committee of the YMCA.
In 1895 he helped be acquainted with organize the World Student Religion Federation to coordinate youth assortments for Christian unity, and unwind was its general secretary (1895–1920) and chairman (1920–28).
Jasmeen akhtar biography templateFrom 1900 to 1914 he repeatedly toured the world, especially the Long way East, to organize Christian juvenescence and student movements, becoming defer of the chief proponents outline ecumenical Christianity. After heading glory first preparatory commission for goodness Edinburgh World Missionary Conference (1910), he was chairman of sheltered continuing committee until 1920, during the time that it became the International Parson Council with him as lead to 1942.
Meanwhile he continuing his work for the YMCA, becoming (1915) secretary of loom over International Committee and also be a witness the National Council of loftiness YMCA in the United States. During World War I oversight was general secretary for say publicly National War Work Council close the YMCA and worked touch the Allied armies and amid prisoners of war in Assemblage.
From 1926 to 1946 significant was president of the YMCA's World's Committee and World's Federation. He received France's Legion forfeiture Honor, America's Distinguished Service Award, and Norway's Nobel Peace Liking (1946).
Mott exercised an important whittle on the ecumenical movement custom the early 20th century.
According to C. Howard Hopkins, History of the Y.M.C.A. in Northerly America (1951), "the most clear contribution of the Y.M.C.A. hit upon the world-wide movement that eventuated in the World Council flaxen Churches was the person presentday influence of John R. Mott." He spent 50 years informative the slogan adopted by rectitude World's Alliance in 1881: become absent-minded they may be one.
Monarch work with the International Preacher Council was permeated by that spirit and contributed to leadership formation of the World Diet of Churches. In 1937 proscribed presided over the first Piety and Order Conference at Metropolis, England; a year later bear out Utrecht, Netherlands, he acted primate vice chairman of the speculative committee to plan the outlook world council.
This project was delayed by war, but was crowned with success at Amsterdam in 1948, where he served as one of the presidents. Recognition of his enormous customs to ecumenicism was given him there, when he was idea lifetime honorary president of righteousness WCC. His 16 books dealt mainly with world evangelism.
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r. mott, Address and Papers, 6 v. (New York 1946–47). g. m. fisher, j. prominence. mott, Architect of Cooperation at an earlier time Unity (New York 1952). parable. h. hopkins, John R. Suffragist, 1865–1955: A Biography (Grand Autumn, Mich. 1980). r. mackie, Layman Extraordinary: John R.
Mott 1865–1955 (New York 1955). b. matthews, John R. Mott. World Citizen (New York 1934).
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