Gerald Burton Winrod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerald Burton Winrod Gerald Burton Winrod.jpg Winrod c. 1940–1950 Born March 7, 1900 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. Died November 11, 1957 (aged 57) Wichita, Kansas Occupation Evangelist, Baptist preacher Children Gordon Winrod Parent(s) Mable E. (1881–1971) John W. Winrod (1873–1945) Gerald Burton Winrod (March 7, 1900 – November 11, 1957) was a pro-Nazi and antisemitic evangelist, author, and political activist.[1] He was charged with sedition during World War II. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Family 3 References 4 External links Biography[edit] He was born on March 7, 1900 to Mable E. (1881–1971) of Illinois, and John W. Winrod (1873–1945) of Missouri.[2] His father was a former bartender …show more content…
whose saloon was attacked by Carrie Nation.[3] In 1918 he was the chief clerk at the Kansas Gas and Electric Company in El Dorado, Kansas.[4] By 1925 he formed the Defenders of the Christian Faith, a fundamentalist Christian organization that opposed teaching evolution in public schools and supported Prohibition and racial segregation.[5] Winrod professed strongly antisemitic views, earning him the nickname "The Jayhawk Nazi" ("Jayhawk" being a nickname for a Kansan). Winrod offered the following defense of his views in the introduction to his book The Truth About the Protocols which proclaimed the veracity of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: "After observing the title of this book, some will accuse me of being anti-Semitic. If by this they mean that I am opposed to the Jews as a race or as a religion, I deny the allegation. But if they mean that I am opposed to a coterie of international Jewish bankers ruling the Gentile world by the power of gold, if they mean that I am opposed to international Jewish Communism, then I plead guilty to the charge." Winrod believed the United States to be the chosen land of God and, when the Great Depression struck, publicly stated that it was the work of Satan. He believed Franklin D. Roosevelt was a "devil" linked with the Jewish-Communist conspiracy and that Hitler would save Europe from Communism.[6] Winrod spread these views through his newspaper, The Defender, which by 1937 achieved a 100,000 monthly circulation.[7] Some of the articles reproduced materials from the pro-Nazi and virulently antisemitic international Welt-Dienst / World-Service / Service Mondial news agency founded in 1933 by Ulrich Fleischhauer. Winrod ran for a U.S. Senate seat from Kansas in 1938 but was defeated in the Republican primary when a popular former governor, Clyde M. Reed, was lured out of retirement by the party establishment to run against him. With 21.4% of the vote, Winrod was a distant third after Reed and Dallas Knapp of Coffeyville, Kansas.[8] Winrod developed a strong following among German-speaking Kansas Mennonites who identified with his religious, anti-World War II, and pro-Germany views. The Defender was printed by Mennonite-owned Herald Publishing Company of Newton, Kansas from 1931 to 1942.[7] Winrod found support in Bethel College and Tabor College[6] and from editors of local Mennonite papers, and some Mennonite precincts voted predominantly for Winrod in the 1938 Senate primary.[8] According to the 1941 Theologue, the yearbook of Practical Bible Training School (now Davis College) located just outside Binghamton, New York, Winrod was a member of the school's administration. No details are given as to what Winrod's duties were. In 1942 the federal government indicted Winrod for sedition, alleging conspiracy against the U.S. government.[8] The political aspect in attempting to suppress free speech troubled civil libertarians in what critics derided as the Great Sedition Trial. The death of the judge ended the trial in 1944. The government decided not to renew the prosecution, so Winrod and his fellow defendants were freed.[citation needed] He died on November 11, 1957 in Wichita, Kansas of pneumonia.[9] He was buried in White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Wichita, Kansas. Family[edit] In 1940 Winrod's wife sued for divorce. Their son, Gordon (born 1926), is a Christian Identity minister and convicted kidnapper.[1] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b "The Winrod Legacy of Hate".
Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2010-12-23. Gordon Winrod, 73, is the pastor of Our Savior's Church in Gainesville, MO. His two children who were arrested with him are Stephen Winrod, 33, and Carol Winrod, 27. The elder Winrod is the son of the late Reverend Gerald Winrod of Wichita, Kansas, a pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic preacher active in the 1930s and 1940s. Jump up ^ Winrod in the 1910 US census living in Wichita, Kansas Jump up ^ James C. Juhnke (1975). A People of Two Kingdoms: the Political Acculturation of the Kansas Mennonites. Faith and Life Press. p. 137. ISBN 0-87303-662-X. Jump up ^ World War I draft registration; September 12, 1918 Jump up ^ American Jewish Yearbook, covering the period from July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939, pg. 216 ^ Jump up to: a b Juhnke, pg. 138 ^ Jump up to: a b Juhnke, pg. 139 ^ Jump up to: a b c Juhnke, p. 140. Jump up ^ "Gerald B. Winrod, Wichita Minister. Baptist Clergyman, Writer Dies. Accused of Fascist and Nazi Sympathies. Sought Senate Nomination. Stated His Position.". Associated Press in the New York Times. November 13, 1957. Retrieved 2014-08-15. The Rev. Dr. Gerald B. Winrod, evangelist and publisher whose controversial views led to a sedition charge in World War II, died here last night of pneumonia at his home. He was 57 years old.
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Fosdick married Florence Allen Whitney in 1904, and in the same year he became pastor at First Baptist Church in Montclair, New Jersey. Their daughter’s names were Elinor and Dorothy. He taught at New York's Union Theological Seminary from 1908 to 1946. Fosdick wrote for popular magazines such as: Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, and Ladies' Home Journal; he was on Time's cover twice. He became the weekly preacher at New York City's First Presbyterian Church for six years (Christian). Fundamentalist Christians nationwide attacked his view that modern Christians could doubt doctrines such as the literal truth of the Bible and the virgin birth of Jesus and still remain faithful. He spoke out against the segregation of modernists and their views in "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” A Fosdick publicist mailed it to United States churches, stimulating the controversy. Fosdick did not want national fights with Presbyterian conformists, so he left and became pastor of Park Avenue Baptist Church. The church moved in 1930 to Upper ...
"This is the Hour of Decision with Billy Graham, coming to you from Minneapolis Minnesota" Billy Graham, has preached to more than 210 million people through a live audience, more than anyone else in history. Not only that, but Mr. Graham has reached millions more through live televison, video and film. This has led Billy to be on the "Ten Most Admired Men in the World" from the Gallup Poll since 1955 a total of thirty-nine times. This includes thirty-two consecutive more than any other individual in the world, placing him as the most popular American for about forty years. This essay is going to talk about Graham's personal life, and what kind of family he grew up in and im also going to talk in detail about how he became an evangelist, because I feel it is very important yet interesting. His accomplishments in the fifties are uncomparable, so I will be including a considerable amount of information concerning that topic. Finally I will be talking about his personal achievements, books written, and how he has been a companion to some of the American Presidents. William Franklin Graham Jr. was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 17, 1918. Graham was raised on a dairy farm by William Franklin (deceased 1962) and Morrow Coffey Graham (deceased 1981). In 1943 he married his wife Ruth McCue Bell, and had four children Virginia 1945, Anne Morrow 1948, Ruth Bell 1950, William Franklin, Jr. 1952, and Nelson Edman 1958. At age eighty, he keeps fit by swimming, playing with is nineteen grand children, and from aerobic walking, in the mountains of North Carolina, where he currently lives. (Billy Graham Best Sellers, 1999) Billy Graham told Time Magazine in one article about his life before becoming a preacher. "I lived on a farm. The only difference was I had to get up early in the morning and go milk cows. When I came back from school that day, I had to milk those same cows. There were about twenty cows I had to milk. By hand. That was before they had those machines. I loved being a farmer. But God called me to this work that I'm in now. I knew it was God calling. I said, "Yes. I will follow what God wants me to do." And so I went to two or three schools to get education.
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The Baptist Bible Fellowship International has done great things throughout the many years of its existence. The reason for the group’s success has been through missions, evangelism, Bible Colleges, and church planting. In the 1950’s the World Baptist Fellowship ruled the Baptist scene. During the era of the WBF there was a conflict that arose as J. Frank Norris attempted to overthrow G.B. Vick’s presidency at his Bible College. Norris desired to be president of the college that Vick established. Norris attempted to push Vick out by spreading rumors and causing dissension regarding Vick’s character among the students that attended the college. Jeffery D. Lavoie writes in, Segregation and the Baptist Bible Fellowship, that G.B. Vick aided a “movement” for a new fellowship after being removed from his presidency by J. Frank Norris. When about one hundred pastors decided leave the WBF and start a new fellowship. With the leadership of Vick and the other pastors, a brand new fellowship called the Baptist Bible Fellowship was created in May 1950 (Lavoie 2). The WBF was the most prominent fellowship among Baptist pastors, and slowly after the BBF was formed, the WBF faded away. To this day is still existing and running as a missions agency.
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