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CENTENARIAN CELEBRATED
Dr. James Whitcomb Brougher Jr., an ABSW supporter and grandson
of an early seminary president, celebrated his 100th birthday in
June at First Baptist Church of Glendale, Calif., where he has been
pastor for 75 years – the longest pastorate in American Baptist
Churches.
Brougher endowed a special fund to provide for maintenance of ABSW’s
chapel and protection of the chapel’s chancel window, designed
by famed artist Warner Sallman and known as the “Christ of
the Great Commission.” The window is a memorial to Brougher’s
maternal grandfather, Dr. Samuel B. Morse, who was president of
California College, a predecessor school of ABSW, from 1887-1896.
“The seminary joins with Dr. Brougher’s many friends in
wishing him happy birthday and continued blessings in his ministry,”
said the Rev. Michelle Holmes, vice president for seminary relations.
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