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Charles William Kerr (2 April 1875 – 18 July 1951) was a Moderator of the General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church in the United States, as well as the longtime pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the second largest Presbyterian church in the United States. Kerr was the first permanent Protestant Christian pastor in Tulsa, arriving in 1900. He was the only Protestant minister who was individually recognized for his efforts to prevent the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, and to provide shelter for refugees from the violence of that event.〔(Ellsworth, Scott. "The Tulsa Race Riot." )〕 ==Life and work== Kerr was born April 2, 1875, to Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Kerr in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.〔Chronicles of Oklahoma, "Necrologies: Charles William Kerr", p. 510.()〕 The Kerrs were an old Scots Presbyterian Lowland family who had immigrated to western Pennsylvania in the 19th century. Kerr graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Slippery Rock Normal Teachers College (now Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania) in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. He studied for the Presbyterian ministry at Western Theological Seminary in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (a forerunner of the present Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), then transferred to McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, graduated in 1898 and was ordained.〔 On 6 September 1898, Kerr married Anna Elizabeth Coe, born on 6 April 1876. The Coes were Pennsylvania abolitionists who participated in the pre-Civil War underground railway to assist escaping slaves. On their wedding day Charles and Mrs. Kerr left Pennsylvania for Edmond, Oklahoma Territory as Presbyterian missionaries to the Indians and freedmen (Blacks freed from slavery) living in what is now Oklahoma. They had two children, Hawley and Margaret. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles William Kerr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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