1. Charles Monroe Sheldon was an American Congregationalist minister and a leader of the Social Gospel movement.
12 Facts About Charles Sheldon
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Charles Sheldon was a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover, and of Brown University in 1883.
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Charles Sheldon pastored a church at Waterbury, Vermont, from 1886 to 1888, and in 1889 became pastor of the Central Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas.
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Walter Rauschenbusch, widely viewed as the chief architect of the Social Gospel, acknowledged the importance Charles Sheldon placed on imitating Jesus.
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Charles Sheldon saw the significance of Sheldon's work in bringing home the realization that it is hard to live a Christ-like life, given the temptations of modern society.
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Charles Sheldon was in touch with the concerns of middle-class America at the end of the century.
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Charles Sheldon believed that all persons were equal and should be treated as such.
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Charles Sheldon was a pioneer among Protestant ministers in welcoming blacks into a mainstream church.
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Charles Sheldon was committed to fair treatment for Jews and Catholics, and proclaimed the equality of men and women.
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Charles Sheldon was a vegetarian who promoted compassion towards animals just as he did towards humans.
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Charles Sheldon even criticized circuses for their treatment of animals.
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The program looks at the manner in which Charles Sheldon applied the Social Gospel in his own life and in his community.