G. C. Brewer

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Grover Cleveland Brewer (1884-1956) was among the most famous 20th-century leaders in the Churches of Christ. (He is generally known by his initials G. C.) He was born in Giles County, Tennessee and died in Searcy, Arkansas on June 9, 1956. He was an author, preacher, and teacher, serving on the faculty of Lipscomb University (then known as David Lipscomb University). He was no stranger to controversy, challenging Catholicism and Communism directly and debating frequently, yet he also demonstrated a willingness to change his views (e.g., those regarding the doctrine of grace). Non-institutional Churches of Christ remember Brewer mainly for his unwavering call for congregational support of colleges associated with the Churches of Christ, a position that non-institutional churches reject. (See The churches of Christ (non-institutional) for more about the debate over this issue.)

His brother, Dr. Charles R. Brewer, was also a notable preacher and a teacher at David Lipscomb University, where to this day a bell tower stands in his honor.

[edit] Books by G. C. Brewer

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The Model Church. Nashville, TN: McQuiddy Printing Co, 1919. ISBN 0892251670

See [1] for online text. Also reprinted by the Gospel Advocate, ISBN 0892251239.

Brewer's Sermons

Contending For the Faith

As Touching Those Who Were Once Enlightened

Forty Years on the Firing Line

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[edit] Bibliography

Allen, Leonard C. Distant Voices: Discovering a Forgotten Past for a Changing Church. Abilene, TX: ACU Press, 1993. (See especially pages 162-69.)

Hughes, Richard T. Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America. Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 1996.