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439 Wales Rd NE, Massillon, OH 44646
Trinity
Evangelical Church, 283 E Main St, Carrollton, OH 44615
The Rev. Elder John Henry Hose
(June 11, 1914 - November 25, 1988) was born in Massillon, Ohio, and held an A.B. degree from Elmhurst College, a Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological Seminary, and a Master of Science in Education from the University of Southern California. He was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Reformed Church (now United Church of Christ) in 1940 and served congregations in Illinois and Ohio. He was ordained as an Elder in the United Presbyterian Church in 1964. He became the 29th member of Metropolitan Community Church Los Angeles on February 3, 1969, served as its first assistant pastor from July of 1969, in which capacity he served until 1972. He was ordained as a minister of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches from its inception and is one of the four founding Elders of the Fellowship.
From 1970 to 1974, he served as pastor of Metropolitan Community Church San
Diego, simultaneously with the Los Angeles post until 1972 when he moved to
San Diego. He served as pastor of MCC Tampa, Florida, from 1974 to 1979 and
then served as the Senior Pastor of MCC Atlanta until his death in 1988.
RRev. Hose, affectionately known to UFMCC as “Papa John” served the Board of
Elders of the UFMCC continuously from 1969, for 9 years as Vice-Moderator and
later as Treasurer. He traveled widely throughout the world in behalf of
UFMCC, and was a board member of the A.C.L.U. for 8 years (in San Diego and
Tampa), and served on the Florida Governor’s Ad Hoc Committee for revision of
the State’s criminal code. His biography is listed in Who’s Who In Religion—an
adjunct to “Who’s Who In America,” as well as “Who’s Who In Community
Service.” He was listed in “Outstanding Persons of The South” although he
admitted he was an unreconstituted Southerner.
Most importantly, he was an “out of the closet” gay since 1947. Papa John
died on November 25, 1988.
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