Rev. Forrest Church, Who Embraced a Gospel of Service, Dies at 61

[democrat2thecore]

Source: The New York Times

Rev. Forrest Church, Who Embraced a Gospel of Service, Dies at 61

By WILLIAM GRIMES
New York Times
September 25, 2009

The Rev. Forrest Church, a longtime pastor at the Unitarian Church of All Souls on the Upper East Side who spent the last three years of his life, after being told he had terminal cancer, articulating a philosophy of death and dying and a complete expression of his liberal theology in two books, died on Thursday in Manhattan. He was 61. The cause was complications of esophogeal cancer, said his wife, Carolyn Buck Luce.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/nyregion/27church.html?ref=obituaries

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Very sad. Only 61. For me, he was what Christianity is all about. What a great guy.
Forrest was the rock of the great All-Souls on the Upper East Side fighting the good fight with progressives everywhere.
He was the son of the great former liberal Senator from Idaho, Frank Church. Forrest wrote a biography about his dad called Father & Son and was every bit as liberal as Senator Church.

If there IS a God -- Forrest Church knew him.

A great loss. RIP, my friend.

[blue neen]

1. I was lucky enough to attend a sermon he gave in a UU Church in Virginia.

It was right before the 2004 election.

RIP, Forrest Church.

[Festivito]

2. His dad tried to clean the CIA, something we could use today. +link

Another DU/GD discussion on greatest page earlier:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6643272

[Delphinus]

4. Thank you for the link.

RIP and rest easily Forrest. He was a good human - that's what counts.

[burrowowl]

3. RIP Rev, Church

A real Christian,

[Demeter]

5. Don't Mean to Rain on Anyone's Parade, But Unitarians Are Not De Facto Christians

And Unitarian Universalism has no creed. Therefore, it is a matter of personal, individual decision whether any UU believes in God or any other doctrine of any of the religions of the world.

[fjc]

6. Heh, there is no such thing as a "defacto" Christian.

[democrat2thecore]

7. You're actually quite right.

I came from a Christian background when I was young, so UU, (to me) is the better part of my past. I see UU as Robert Ingersoll's wish of Sunday humanistic schools. So many viewpoints.