McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990
Variant namesMissionary and mission administrator, author, educator, founder of Church Growth Movement; born to missionary parents in India, 1897; educated at Butler College, Yale Divinity School and Columbia University; married Mary Elizabeth Howard, 1922; served as missionary in India with Disciples of Christ, 1923-1954; lectured and studied church growth patterns, 1955-1960; Director of the Institute of Church Growth in Eugene, OR, 1961-1965; dean of Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth, 1965-1971; professor of missions at Fuller, 1965-1981; died 1990.
From the description of Papers of Donald Anderson and Mary Elizabeth Howard McGavran, 1906-1991, 2000. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30767663
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Birth 1897-12-15
Death 1990-07-10
Male
English
