George W. Webber (minister)

George William Webber (May 2, 1920 July 10, 2010) was an American Protestant minister, and social activist who served as president of the New York Theological Seminary from 1969 to 1983. In 1948, Webber opened a string of storefront churches starting with a church in East Harlem and developed a program to teach theology to inmates at Sing Sing.

George William Webber
TitleReverend
Personal
BornMay 2, 1920
DiedJuly 10, 2010(2010-07-10) (aged 90)
Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.
ReligionProtestant
NationalityAmerican
SectUnited Church of Christ
Notable work(s)God's Colony in Man's World
Congregation in Mission
Today's Church
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