John B. Wolf (pastor)

John B. Wolf
Born
John Burton Wolf

September 6, 1925
Bloomington, Illinois
DiedSeptember 19, 2017
Tulsa, Oklahoma
OccupationUnitarian Universalist Minister
Years active1952-1995
Notable workLed All Souls church to become the largest Unitarian Universalist church in the United States

John Burton Wolf (1925–2017), more often written as John Wolf or John B. Wolf, was senior minister of the All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1960 until he became Pastor Emeritus in 1995 at the age of 70. He remained affiliated in emeritus status with All Souls until his death in September 2017. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois on September 6, 1925, to Walter and Helen (nee Young) Wolf and was raised there until he joined the U.S. Navy in World War II.[a] He earned Bachelor's degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University and the Federated Theological Faculty of the University of Chicago (now University of Chicago Divinity School).[2][b]


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