Full name: Daniel Wilhem Nelson

Birth: July 26, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois

Death: April 4, 1998 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Parents: Daga and John Nelson, immigrants from Sweden

Siblings: Bertil, Nelson, and David

Marital Status: Married to Myrtle W. Raedeke in 1952

Children: David, Bruce, Douglas, Roger, Martha

Ordination: Ordained as a Minister in the Covenant Church in 1953; Ordained as a Minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 1957

Education: Chicago City Junior College (Wilson branch), Diploma, 1948 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, M.A., 1951 North Park Theological Seminary, Diploma, 1955 Yale University Divinity School, B.D., 1959 Syracuse University, Doctorate in Social Science, 1964

Career: Pastored Community Church, Boulder Junction, Wisconsin (1953-1957); Covenant Church New Haven, Connecticut (1957-?); a Presbyterian Church in Cortland, New York (?-1965); Southminster Presbyterian Church of Waukesha, Wisconsin, which he founded (1965-1991). After retirement from Southminster, he served as an interim pastor in for the Dundee Presbyterian Church in Omaha, Nebraska and the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Illinois.

1994-1998 he served as the president of the Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska

He also served on the Waukesha Council of Churches, the Omaha Ministerial Association, the board of trustees of Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin; the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Historical Society, the board of trustees for the Milwaukee Theological Institute, and as moderator of the Milwaukee Presbytery.

Benjamin Fay Mills, usually referred to as B. Fay Mills

Born: June 4, 1857 in Rahway, New Jersey to Rev. Thorton Anthony Mills and Anna Whittlesey Mills

Education: Hamilton College, 1875-1876; College of Wooster, 1876-1877; Carleton College, 1877-1878; Lake Forest University, B.A. 1878-1879; Lake Forest University, M.A. 1881

Ordained: Congregational Council of Cannon Falls, Minnesota as minister-without-charge, February 18, 1878. Apparently was not regarded as a Congregational minister after 1898. The Presbytery of Albany had dropped his name from their rolls in 1898 and reentered his name on their rolls in 1915 at his request and approved unanimously by the members. Fellowshipped in the Unitarian Church from 1899 until his death.

Married Mary Russell October 31, 1879

Pastorates: Congregational Church, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, 1877; Central City, South Dakota 1879-1881; Reformed Church, Greenwich, New York 1881-1883 (left because of illness); Congregational Church, West Rutland, Vermont, 1884-1886; Fourth Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York, 1894-1895

Congregational evangelist, 1886-1897

Meetings (Partial list): 1886: Middlebury, Vermont

1887: Montclair and Morristown, New Jersey ; Andover and Newburyport, Massachusetts; Brooklyn and New York, New York; and Wilmington, Delaware

1888: Charlestown, Worcester, Lowell, Fall River, and Chelsea, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island ; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1889: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jersey City , New Jersey ; Springfield, Boston, and Holyoke, Massachusetts; Stamford, Connecticut; Ithaca, New York

1890: Boston, Massachusetts; New York and New Brunswick, New York; Youngstown, Ohio; Bath, Maine; Jersey City , New Jersey ; Decatur, Jacksonville and Springfield, Illinois; and Bridgeport, Connecticut

1891: Oak Park, Evanston, Rockford and Chicago, Illinois; St. Johnsbury, Vermont; Oberlin and Cleveland, Ohio; St. Joseph, Missouri; Plainfield, New Jersey; Syracuse, Utica, Hudson, and Watertown, New York; Terre Haute, Indiana; Beloit and Janesville, Wisconsin

1892: Cincinnati, Ohio; Covington, Kentucky; St. Paul, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; Providence, Rhode Island

1893: St. Paul, Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oakland, California; San Francisco , California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Portland, Oregon; Louisville, Kentucky; Buffalo, New York; Nashville, Tennessee; and Montreal, Canada

1895: Columbus, Ohio; Brooklyn Tabernacle, New York; Iowa College, Iowa Under the influence of George Herron and the Kingdom Movement, began to question several basic tenets of Evangelical faith.

Taught at the first and second summer Schools of the Kingdom, 1894-1895

Independent minister in Boston, 1897-1899, disavowed orthodox Christianity, preached a doctrine that incorporated various elements, including the Social Gospel, the brotherhood of man, and Christ as the savior of society rather than individuals.

Minister, First Unitarian Church, Oakland, California, 1899-1903; Founder and first minister, Los Angeles Fellowship, 1904-1911; Founder and Leader of the Chicago Fellowship, 1911-1914;

In 1915 experienced a reconversion to orthodox Christianity

Reentered on the ministerial roll of the Chicago presbytery, 1915

Began holding evangelistic in several cities, including Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. In New York City he preached at the Evangel Tent.

Died May 1, 1916

Author of Power on High (1890), A Message to Mothers (1892), Victory Through Surrender (1892), God’s World (1893), Twentieth Century Religion (1898), The Divine Adventure (1905)

Wrote numerous editorials for The Kingdom journal, 1894-1899