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Dr. Ernest Marshall Howse
The Very Rev. Dr. Ernest Marshall Frazer Howse (September 29, 1902 - February 1, 1993) was the 21st Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 1964 to 1966.
Dr. Howse was born in Twillingate, N...view moreThe Very Rev. Dr. Ernest Marshall Frazer Howse (September 29, 1902 - February 1, 1993) was the 21st Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 1964 to 1966.
Dr. Howse was born in Twillingate, Newfoundland in 1902 and held degrees from Dalhousie University and Pine Hill Divinity Hall in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Union Theological Seminary in New York; the University of Edinburgh; and United College in Manitoba, before becoming the pastor of Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church in California. He returned to Canada in 1935 to become the minister at Westminster United Church, which was located in central Winnipeg Westminster and served some of the poorest areas of Canada during the Great Depression.
A frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines, Dr. Howse published several books and served as news correspondent for The Christian Century and editorial associate of The Pulpit.
In 1948 he moved to Toronto to become minister at Bloor Street United Church, a position he would retain until his retirement in 1970. He then became a regular writer on faith matters for the Toronto Star until 1979, and was also active in the World Council of Churches. In 1954 he was one of 25 Christian leaders from around to world who met in Lebanon with 25 Muslim leaders to improve interfaith dialogue. He was later elected co-president of the WCC’s committee on Muslim-Christian Co-operation.
Dr. Howse passed away in Toronto, Canada in 1993 at the age of 90.view less