Lynn Gray Gordon, D.D., (April 8, 1912 – June 14, 2003) was an American pastor, Christian educator, army chaplain, and college president.

Education

Lynn Gray Gordon was born on April 8, 1912, in Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, US. He received his A.B. (Chem) from

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in 1933, and M. Div. from

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in May 1949. He served in the Texas State Department of Health as a sanitary engineer for 5 years, during which time the state sent him to study at Vandebilt University for one semester (1937), and at the Harvard University Graduate School of Public Health for one year (1938).

Chaplaincy

Following the outbreak of

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, he served in the Army as a major, sanitary engineer, ending up in the Philippines in 1946. He also served as a US Army chaplain (lieutenant colonel) in Korea.

Ministry

Gordon served in the following capacity: *General Secretary, The Independent Board for Presbyterian Home Missions (IBPHM) 1962 – 1968 *Vice President, Board of Directors, IBPHM : 1970-? *General Secretary, The Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions (IBPFM) 1969 – 1990 *President, IBPFM: 1972 – 1995 *President Emeritus of IBPFM : 1995 – 2003 *President, The Associated Missions of the

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1960-2003 *Second Vice President and Member of Executive Committee of the International Council of Christian Churches

Publications

*Gordon, Lynn Gray. ''World's Greatest Truths''. Singapore: Far Eastern Bible College Press, 1999.

Death

He died on June 14, 2003, in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States. He is survived by his wife Maurine Ethlyn Ford, in

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, whom he married on May 26, 1935.

References

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