Speakman Chair of Preaching
Speakman Chair of Preaching for Massanetta Springs
Frederick B. Speakman began coming to Massanetta Springs in 1953. Over a forty year period, he inspired young ministers and ministered to many while on the platform at the Bible Conference. Fred graduated from the University of Oklahoma, Harvard University (M.A.) and Princeton Theological Seminary (B.D.), and in 1950 he received the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA. He served three churches: Central-Brick in East Orange, NJ, Third Church in Pittsburgh, PA, and Westminster Church in Dayton, OH. Fred was also an author and wrote three books of sermons: The Salty Tang, Love is Something You Do, and He Dwelt Among Us.
In 1957 Fred purchased a home in the Cottage Community, on the Massanetta Springs grounds, and in 1983, he and his wife, Zoe, retired and moved to the Cottage Community. With Fred in mind, a family in the Cottage Community began an endowment to which others have added, to ensure that the quality and name recognition of preachers for the Bible Conference will continue to be of the highest quality as has been in the past! This endowment supports the Fred Speakman Chair of Preaching. Each year one or more outstanding preachers are brought to Massanetta during the Bible Conference by the proceeds from the endowment.
Preachers receiving the Speakman Chair of Preaching award:
2010 - The Rev. Dr. Joanna M. Adams
2009 - The Rev. Dr. William J. Carl III
2008 - The Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence
2007 - The Rev. Thomas G. Long
2006 - The Rev. Dr. Frances Taylor Gench
2005 - Bishop William H. Willimon
2004 - Dr. Stephen D. McConnell
2003 - The Rev. Dr. William Powell Tuck
2002 - Dr. Ben Lacy Rose
2001 - Dr. Jerold D. Shetler
2000 - Dr. Paul T. Eckel
1999 - Dr. Myron Augsburger
1998 - Dr. Thomas K. Tewell
1997 - Dr. Ernest Campbell
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