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Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on Christ's love has influenced mainstream Christianity through the 21st century.
Jun 20, 2024 · Henry Ward Beecher (born June 24, 1813, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.—died March 8, 1887, Brooklyn, New York) was a liberal U.S. Congregational minister whose oratorical skill and social concern made him one of the most influential Protestant spokesmen of his time.
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late nineteenth century. He became one of the most influential public figures of his time.
May 14, 2018 · Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), American Congregational clergyman, was an outstanding preacher and lecturer. He was probably the best known and most influential Protestant minister in the United States between 1850 and 1887.
Mar 30, 2007 · Born in 1813, Henry Ward Beecher became a spellbinding preacher. A little more than a decade before his death in 1887, though, he weathered a sex-scandal as tawdry in its own way as the...
Prominent Congregational minister, abolitionist and social reformer, Henry Ward Beecher embodied the transition of American Protestantism from stern Calvinism to a buoyant "gospel of...
It was a century ago — February 27, 1887-that Henry Ward Beecher stepped into the pulpit of Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church for the final time. By mid-week, the 73-year-old pastor had fallen seriously ill; the following Tuesday, March 8, one of America’s princes of the pulpit died.
