caption congregations death_date death_place children birth_place parents offices_held birth_date image article_title education name church occupation
s. parkes cadman at age 46 in 1910 metropolitan 1895-1901 -rrb- ; central congregational church , brooklyn , new methodist york -lrb- 1901-1936 -rrb- church , new york city , -lrb- 12 july 1936 plattsburg , new york , us frederick , lillian , marie wellington , shropshire , england samuel cadman and betsy -lrb- parkes -rrb- cadman new , nbc radio network -lrb- 1928-1936 -rrb- ; president , york federal council of the churches of christ in america -lrb- radio 1924-1928 -rrb- pastor -lrb- 1923-1928 -rrb- ; speaker december 18 , 1864 s_parkes_cadman . jpg s. parkes cadman
 richmond college , university of london ; wesleyan college samuel parkes cadman congregational christian churches protestant christian
s. parkes cadman

samuel parkes cadman -lrb- december 18 , 1864 -- july 12 , 1936 -rrb- , better known as s. parkes cadman , was an english-born american clergyman , newspaper writer , and pioneer christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s .
he was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-semitism and racial intolerance .
by the time of his death in 1936 , he was called `` the foremost minister of congregational faith '' by the `` new york times '' .
