1. Frank Forrester Church IV was a leading Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian.
10 Facts About Forrest Church
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Forrest Church was Senior Minister of the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City, until late 2006 when he was appointed as Minister of Public Theology.
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Forrest Church wrote about Christianity, Gnosticism, religious liberty in the US tradition, and his own father, a US Senator.
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Forrest Church's father was elected to the United States Senate in 1956 and served four terms, until January 1981.
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Forrest Church was a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Divinity School.
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On February 4,2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation informing them that he had terminal cancer.
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Forrest Church died of esophageal cancer in New York City on September 24,2009, a day after his 61st birthday.
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Forrest Church is buried in Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise.
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Forrest Church is best known as a leader of liberal religion.
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Forrest Church can be seen offering commentary in the History Channel documentaries Haunted History of Halloween and Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas.