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'''Charles Monroe Sheldon''' was a clergyman, author, and prominent figure in the [[Social Gospel]] movement. He is best known for coining the phrase ''What would Jesus do?''. | '''Charles Monroe Sheldon''' was a clergyman, author, and prominent figure in the [[Social Gospel]] movement. He is best known for coining the phrase ''What would Jesus do?''. | ||
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He was born February 20, 1857, in Wellsville New York. Since 1889 he has been pastor of the Central congregational church of Topeka Kansas.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6jABAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA180 Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography], 1914</ref> | He was born February 20, 1857, in Wellsville New York. Since 1889 he has been pastor of the Central congregational church of Topeka Kansas.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6jABAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA180 Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography], 1914</ref> | ||
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Charles Monroe Sheldon was a clergyman, author, and prominent figure in the Social Gospel movement. He is best known for coining the phrase What would Jesus do?.
Early life
He was born February 20, 1857, in Wellsville New York. Since 1889 he has been pastor of the Central congregational church of Topeka Kansas.[1]
Works
- In His Steps: "What Would Jesus Do?", (1897)
- The Reformer, (1902)