Spring 2023 Lecture Series: Gene E. Bartlett Chapel Service

The Rev. Dr. Gene E. Bartlett, president emeritus of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, died in 1989 at the age of 79. Dr. Bartlett was president of CRCDS from 1960 to 1970. After his tenure as CRDS President, he became the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Newton Centre, Mass. Following his retirement from the church, CRCDS President Greenfield appointed Rev. Bartlett as a Pastor in Residence for the divinity school and initiated the Bartlett Preaching Conference in 1985. Dr. Bartlett authored several books and had a radio ministry from 1935 to 1960. He was a former president of the Massachusetts Council of Churches and the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Following Dr. Bartlett's death, donations from his family and friends funded the continuation of the three-day biennial preaching conference to be led by an outstanding leader in the field of homiletics. Mrs. Jean Bartlett, who passed away in 2015, served as an advisor and on the planning committee. The legacy of Dr. Bartlett in this Chapel service named in his honor.

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