About James Elvin Wagner
Lived 1873 – 1969 (aged 95–96). James Elvin Wagner was a civil servant.
James Elvin Wagner (1873–1969) was a U.S. clergyman. He was the last president of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and served as the first co-president of the United Church of Christ from 1957 until 1961; his Congregational Christian counterpart was the Rev. Fred Hoskins.
The two churches united officially on June 25, 1957, at a Uniting Synod in Cleveland; the new group represented 2.1 million people in 8,311 churches across the US.
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President of the united Church of Christ (1873–1969)
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James Elvin Wagner was born in 1873.
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James Elvin Wagner died in 1969.
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James Elvin Wagner was a civil servant.
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