Blake, Eugene Carson

Blake, Eugene Carson

▪ American minister
born Nov. 7, 1906, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.
died July 31, 1985, Stamford, Conn.

      churchman and ecumenical leader who was a major figure in American Protestantism during the 1950s and '60s.

      Blake was educated at Princeton University (B.A., 1928) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Th.B., 1932). He held Presbyterian pastorates in New York City, in Pasadena, Calif., and elsewhere from 1932 to 1950. Blake served as president of the National Council of Churches from 1954 to 1957. He was stated clerk, or executive director, of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and its successor group, the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., from 1951 to 1966. He served as general secretary of the World Council of Churches from 1966 to 1972.

      Blake was a talented administrator and organizer, but he was best known for his controversial and progressive stands on major church issues. He was a major advocate of church unity, and in 1960 he called for the unification of several major Protestant denominations into a single Protestant church. He also helped win acceptance of the Russian Orthodox church and several other Eastern Orthodox denominations into the World Council of Churches. During the 1960s he participated in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and spoke out against the Vietnam War.

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