Massie Kennard
Massie Kennard (born October 23, 1918 (date uncertain) in Chicago , Illinois - † October 10, 1986 in Chicago), full Massie L. Kennard Jr. , was an African-American Lutheran pastor who later became executive director for the program staff of the committee for the American missionary work of the Lutheran Church in America.
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Kennard was a major figure in the struggle for ethnic and racial equality and integration in the then-Lutheran Church in America. His goal was to attract Americans of non-European descent such as Asians, Native Americans, and African-Americans to the ministry in order to make his church a multi-ethnic community. With this work alone, he took advantage of the Church's lay staff program. Of 175 people with whom he worked, he was able to lead 12 into the ministry, including women.
Life
During World War II, Kennard served in the American Air Force for four years . For six years he sold real estate and insurance in Las Vegas , Nevada .
Kennard graduated from the Roosevelt University the academic degree of Bachelor of Psychology and at the Theological Seminary Garrett a Bachelor of Theology . He then studied at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Chicago.
Ordained in 1958, he served in the Church in various official positions.
1959-1965 he was pastor of the Concordia Lutheran Church in Buffalo .
In 1965 he became an associate pastor of the Augustana Lutheran Church in Washington .
In 1968 he was appointed Director of Minority Affairs for the Department of Missionary Affairs in North America from the Lutheran Church in America.
In 1970 he received an honorary doctorate from the Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Nebraska .
In 1972 he became Director of the Lutheran Church in America for Special Affairs.
In 1977 he accepted the position of Director of the Lutheran Church in America for Racial and Ethnic Affairs. He remained in this position until his death in 1986.
The minority integration plan he developed was adopted by his church in 1978.
Remembrance day
The calendar of saints of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America remembers him as one of the innovators of the Church on 10 October.
relative
- Siblings: Eugene Kennard and Juanita Schaffer b. Kennard
- Children: Elyse Kennard and Massie Kennard III.
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The article was originally translated from the English Wikipedia, whose sources are:
- Page of the Afro-American Lutheran Association on Massie Kennard ( Memento of July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Thank you note for October 2004 ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kennard, Massie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kennard, Massie L. Junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American church reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: October 23, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1986 |
| Place of death | Chicago , Illinois |