Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr. (August 22, 1916 – May 21, 1987) was a noted American clergyman and a bishop in The United Methodist Church. He began his pastoral career after graduating from Duke University Divinity School in 1940. His first assignment was First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He remained there until he was sent to Norman, Oklahoma in 1950. Ten years later he became senior pastor at Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa. He was credited with bringing Oral Roberts into the Methodist Church (although Roberts later left) and served as a negotiator in the 1968 merge of the Methodist Church with the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
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22 August 1916
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Died |
21 May 1987 (aged 70)
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Zodiac | Leo |
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