Biography:

Clergyman, seminary professor, ecumenical executive. Born– November 17, 1931, Birmingham (grew up in Lanett). Parents– Paul Abernathy and Beulah Elizabeth (Parker) Crow. Married– Mary Evelyn Matthews, September 11, 1955. Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1954; Lexington Theological Seminary, B.D., 1957; Hartford Seminary, S.T.M., 1957, Ph.D., 1958. Campus minister at the University of Alabama, 1953-1954. Minister in Alabama and Kentucky, 1955-1957. Ordained; Christian Church, 1957. Minister in Hadley, Massachusetts, 1961-1966. Taught at Lexington Theological Seminary, 1961-1968. Visiting fellow at Oxford University, 1967-1968. Secretary; Consultation on Church Union, Princeton, 1968-1974. President of the Council on Christian Unity, 1974-98. Consultant, lecturer, writer on Christian unity.  Jacobus Fellow at Hartford Seminary, 1958-60; Distinguished Alumni, Hartford Seminary, 1986  Honorary DD, Phillips University, 1983; Bethany College, 1983; Yale University, 1986; Virginia Theological Seminary, 1987; DHL, Lynchburg College, 1997.  Honored by publication of a festschriften, The Vision of Christian Unity:  Essays in Honor of Paul A. Crow, Jr., 1997.

Source

Marquis Who’s Who online, and Paul A. Crow, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.

Publication(s):

The Anatomy of a Nineteenth Century United Church. Lexington, Ky.; Lexington Theological Seminary, 1983.

Christian Unity; Matrix for Mission. New York; Fellowship Press, 1982.

The Ecumenical Movement in Bibliographical Outline. New York; National Council of Churches, 1965.

No Greater Love; the Gospel and Its Imperative. St. Louis; Christian Board of Publications, 1967.

Joint Publications:

The Church for Disciples of Christ., 1998.

Editor:

Digest of the Proceedings of the Consultation on Church Union. Princeton; The Consultation, 1965-1973. (published annually.)

The History of the Ecumenical Movement, Vol. 3. New York; Westminister Press, 1987.

Joint_Editor:

Church Union at Midpoint. New York; Association Press, 1972.

Where We Are in Church Union. New York; Association Press, 1965.