Known in national and international circles as “the preacher’s preacher,” the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., will preach in Montreat Conference Center’s Anderson Auditorium Sunday, June 13. Hailed by Newsweek magazine (March 4, 1996) as one of the twelve “most effective preachers” in the English-speaking world, he has long been a powerful voice for progressive Protestants. Dr. Forbes is founder and president of The Healing of the Nations Foundation and is Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church in New York. Called in 1989, he was the first African-American pastor to serve the Riverside congregation. Formerly a professor at Union Theological Seminary, New York, he has also hosted The Time is Now on Air America radio.
A tireless advocate of progressive views on the crucial issues of our time – from poverty, war, and women’s equality to racial justice, sexuality, and the environment, Dr. Forbes is a well-known preacher and lecturer in the United States and abroad. He has earned three degrees and has been awarded thirteen honorary degrees. Dr. Forbes’ new book, Whose Gospel? A Concise Guide to Progressive Protestantism, is a passionate call to justice published with a forward by veteran journalist Bill Moyers, host of Bill Moyers Journal on PBSand member of the Riverside Church.
Dr. Forbes was born in Burgaw, N.C., and is married to Bettye Franks Forbes, formerly of San Antonio, TX. They reside in New York City and are the parents of a son, James A. Forbes, III.
The Sunday Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center is a gift of the conference center to the gathered community of worshipers. Worship begins at 10:30AM. Child care for children six months through completed kindergarten is available at the Updike Child Care Center on Texas Road. Following worship, a lunch buffet will be served at the Assembly Inn’s Galax Dining Room, noon to 1:30PM. Learn more about the 2010 Summer Worship Series at Montreat Conference Center.
Following lunch on Sunday, June 13, Dr. Forbes will be available in Assembly Inn’s upper lobby to sign his book, Whose Gospel? A Concise Guide to Progressive Protestantism.
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