Pastor of Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church, New York City 1898 - 1930
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Completed studies at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University.
Ordained 1887 in the Congregational denomination.
Pastored Central Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1877 to 1898.
Began pastorate in 1898 at Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church, New York City.
In the summer of 1922, he temporarily swapped churches with Rev Dr Frederick W Norwood (ID#104435517), becoming Special Preacher to City Temple, London. That same summer, he also traveled to The Continent and delivered his sermon "The Spirit of Christ" before conferees at the Copenhagen Peace Conference. Here is an excerpt from that sermon:
" 'If a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his.' Too often we begin and end with the words of Jesus. His words are wonderful. They lie before us in the New Testament. They are often on our lips. It is easy to repeat them and to conjure with them. Does the Church possess the words of Jesus? Yes. Does the Church possess the Spirit of Christ? That is an embarrassing question. But if the Church have not the Spirit of Christ it is none of His, no matter how diligent it is in repeating His words. 'Many will say to me "Lord Lord." '
"Sometimes we do not begin with Christ at all; we begin with the Church, its forms of worship, its sacraments, its orders, its government, its creedal statements, its traditions. But the first great Christian preacher did not begin in his thinking with the Church; he began always with Christ. To him Christ is all. If we have the Spirit of Christ we have everything. If we have not His Spirit we have nothing. That was Paul's conviction. See what this means. A man may be baptized with water, but if he is not baptized into the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. A man may come to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper all his life, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he has no part with Him. A man may repeat the most orthodox of the creeds, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he is not a believer. Paul had a genius for seeing through shams. He always cut to the core, he grasped the essence, he made his way into the marrow. He did not allow his eye to wander from the main point. He saw that if a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. This is not a dictum to be recited or quibbled over, but a truth to be pondered over and accepted and built on. Let us reckon with it today."
Published writings of Charles Jefferson include:
"Doctrine and Deed"
"Old Truths and New Facts"
"The Building of the Church"
"The Character of Jesus"
"The Minister as Prophet"
"The Ministering Shepherd"
"Things Fundamental"
"Under Twenty"
Information and quote from "Great Modern Sermons", Hobart D McKeehan ed., Fleming H Revell Company, copyright 1923, pp. 132-136, 180.
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Completed studies at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University.
Ordained 1887 in the Congregational denomination.
Pastored Central Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1877 to 1898.
Began pastorate in 1898 at Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church, New York City.
In the summer of 1922, he temporarily swapped churches with Rev Dr Frederick W Norwood (ID#104435517), becoming Special Preacher to City Temple, London. That same summer, he also traveled to The Continent and delivered his sermon "The Spirit of Christ" before conferees at the Copenhagen Peace Conference. Here is an excerpt from that sermon:
" 'If a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his.' Too often we begin and end with the words of Jesus. His words are wonderful. They lie before us in the New Testament. They are often on our lips. It is easy to repeat them and to conjure with them. Does the Church possess the words of Jesus? Yes. Does the Church possess the Spirit of Christ? That is an embarrassing question. But if the Church have not the Spirit of Christ it is none of His, no matter how diligent it is in repeating His words. 'Many will say to me "Lord Lord." '
"Sometimes we do not begin with Christ at all; we begin with the Church, its forms of worship, its sacraments, its orders, its government, its creedal statements, its traditions. But the first great Christian preacher did not begin in his thinking with the Church; he began always with Christ. To him Christ is all. If we have the Spirit of Christ we have everything. If we have not His Spirit we have nothing. That was Paul's conviction. See what this means. A man may be baptized with water, but if he is not baptized into the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. A man may come to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper all his life, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he has no part with Him. A man may repeat the most orthodox of the creeds, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he is not a believer. Paul had a genius for seeing through shams. He always cut to the core, he grasped the essence, he made his way into the marrow. He did not allow his eye to wander from the main point. He saw that if a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. This is not a dictum to be recited or quibbled over, but a truth to be pondered over and accepted and built on. Let us reckon with it today."
Published writings of Charles Jefferson include:
"Doctrine and Deed"
"Old Truths and New Facts"
"The Building of the Church"
"The Character of Jesus"
"The Minister as Prophet"
"The Ministering Shepherd"
"Things Fundamental"
"Under Twenty"
Information and quote from "Great Modern Sermons", Hobart D McKeehan ed., Fleming H Revell Company, copyright 1923, pp. 132-136, 180.
Pastor of Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church, New York City 1898 - 1930
* * * * * * *
Completed studies at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University.
Ordained 1887 in the Congregational denomination.
Pastored Central Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1877 to 1898.
Began pastorate in 1898 at Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church, New York City.
In the summer of 1922, he temporarily swapped churches with Rev Dr Frederick W Norwood (ID#104435517), becoming Special Preacher to City Temple, London. That same summer, he also traveled to The Continent and delivered his sermon "The Spirit of Christ" before conferees at the Copenhagen Peace Conference. Here is an excerpt from that sermon:
" 'If a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his.' Too often we begin and end with the words of Jesus. His words are wonderful. They lie before us in the New Testament. They are often on our lips. It is easy to repeat them and to conjure with them. Does the Church possess the words of Jesus? Yes. Does the Church possess the Spirit of Christ? That is an embarrassing question. But if the Church have not the Spirit of Christ it is none of His, no matter how diligent it is in repeating His words. 'Many will say to me "Lord Lord." '
"Sometimes we do not begin with Christ at all; we begin with the Church, its forms of worship, its sacraments, its orders, its government, its creedal statements, its traditions. But the first great Christian preacher did not begin in his thinking with the Church; he began always with Christ. To him Christ is all. If we have the Spirit of Christ we have everything. If we have not His Spirit we have nothing. That was Paul's conviction. See what this means. A man may be baptized with water, but if he is not baptized into the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. A man may come to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper all his life, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he has no part with Him. A man may repeat the most orthodox of the creeds, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he is not a believer. Paul had a genius for seeing through shams. He always cut to the core, he grasped the essence, he made his way into the marrow. He did not allow his eye to wander from the main point. He saw that if a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. This is not a dictum to be recited or quibbled over, but a truth to be pondered over and accepted and built on. Let us reckon with it today."
Published writings of Charles Jefferson include:
"Doctrine and Deed"
"Old Truths and New Facts"
"The Building of the Church"
"The Character of Jesus"
"The Minister as Prophet"
"The Ministering Shepherd"
"Things Fundamental"
"Under Twenty"
Information and quote from "Great Modern Sermons", Hobart D McKeehan ed., Fleming H Revell Company, copyright 1923, pp. 132-136, 180.
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Completed studies at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University.
Ordained 1887 in the Congregational denomination.
Pastored Central Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1877 to 1898.
Began pastorate in 1898 at Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church, New York City.
In the summer of 1922, he temporarily swapped churches with Rev Dr Frederick W Norwood (ID#104435517), becoming Special Preacher to City Temple, London. That same summer, he also traveled to The Continent and delivered his sermon "The Spirit of Christ" before conferees at the Copenhagen Peace Conference. Here is an excerpt from that sermon:
" 'If a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his.' Too often we begin and end with the words of Jesus. His words are wonderful. They lie before us in the New Testament. They are often on our lips. It is easy to repeat them and to conjure with them. Does the Church possess the words of Jesus? Yes. Does the Church possess the Spirit of Christ? That is an embarrassing question. But if the Church have not the Spirit of Christ it is none of His, no matter how diligent it is in repeating His words. 'Many will say to me "Lord Lord." '
"Sometimes we do not begin with Christ at all; we begin with the Church, its forms of worship, its sacraments, its orders, its government, its creedal statements, its traditions. But the first great Christian preacher did not begin in his thinking with the Church; he began always with Christ. To him Christ is all. If we have the Spirit of Christ we have everything. If we have not His Spirit we have nothing. That was Paul's conviction. See what this means. A man may be baptized with water, but if he is not baptized into the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. A man may come to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper all his life, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he has no part with Him. A man may repeat the most orthodox of the creeds, but if he have not the Spirit of Christ he is not a believer. Paul had a genius for seeing through shams. He always cut to the core, he grasped the essence, he made his way into the marrow. He did not allow his eye to wander from the main point. He saw that if a man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. This is not a dictum to be recited or quibbled over, but a truth to be pondered over and accepted and built on. Let us reckon with it today."
Published writings of Charles Jefferson include:
"Doctrine and Deed"
"Old Truths and New Facts"
"The Building of the Church"
"The Character of Jesus"
"The Minister as Prophet"
"The Ministering Shepherd"
"Things Fundamental"
"Under Twenty"
Information and quote from "Great Modern Sermons", Hobart D McKeehan ed., Fleming H Revell Company, copyright 1923, pp. 132-136, 180.
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