Perry Epler Gresham

Gresham, Perry Epler. (Covina, California, December 19, 1907--?). President of Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia. Received B.A. from Texas Christian University in 1930. Ordained to the ministry of the Christian Church in 1931; served the Central Woodward Christian Church in Detroit, Michigan.

--The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives

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Perry Epler Gresham is President of Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia. Born in Covina, Cal., December 19, 1907, he received his B.A. from Texas Christian University in 1930. Ordained to the ministry of the Christian Church in 1931, he served important pastorates in that communion including the Central Woodward Christian Church of Detroit, Mich. He has been actively associated with ecumenical organizations and movements including the National Preaching Mission, the National Council of Churches, the ecumenical conferences at Amsterdam, Thun, Clarens and Lund.

--Eleven Ecumenical Hymns, 1954. Used by permission.