The son of a former slave and Methodist Episcopal minister, Lewis Allen McGee was born in 1893 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and served as an Army chaplain during World War One and later, during World War Two, ministering as chaplain at the Battle of the Bulge. When the German Army launched its Ardennes offensive in December 1944, McGee was ministering to the 95th Engineer General Services Regiment, a black engineers’ battalion in Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium. During his military career, McGee served as a Chairman in the American Legion and a Master in the Masonic Lodge. After his time in the military, McGee enrolled at Meadville Theological Seminary and received his doctoral degree in 1949, becoming one of the first African American ministers in the Unitarian church.
His experience in an integrated Army led to his interest in creating an interracial congregation, and he founded the Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago in 1947, where he served as minister from 1948 to 1953. More than 60 year later, the All Souls Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago remains an active Unitarian Universalist congregation of color.
McGee would go on to serve congregations in Springfield, Ohio, as well as congregations in Los Angeles, Chico, Anaheim, and Pasadena, California. He died in 1979 at the age of 85.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Andrew P
His experience in an integrated Army led to his interest in creating an interracial congregation, and he founded the Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago in 1947, where he served as minister from 1948 to 1953. More than 60 year later, the All Souls Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago remains an active Unitarian Universalist congregation of color.
McGee would go on to serve congregations in Springfield, Ohio, as well as congregations in Los Angeles, Chico, Anaheim, and Pasadena, California. He died in 1979 at the age of 85.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Andrew P
The son of a former slave and Methodist Episcopal minister, Lewis Allen McGee was born in 1893 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and served as an Army chaplain during World War One and later, during World War Two, ministering as chaplain at the Battle of the Bulge. When the German Army launched its Ardennes offensive in December 1944, McGee was ministering to the 95th Engineer General Services Regiment, a black engineers’ battalion in Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium. During his military career, McGee served as a Chairman in the American Legion and a Master in the Masonic Lodge. After his time in the military, McGee enrolled at Meadville Theological Seminary and received his doctoral degree in 1949, becoming one of the first African American ministers in the Unitarian church.
His experience in an integrated Army led to his interest in creating an interracial congregation, and he founded the Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago in 1947, where he served as minister from 1948 to 1953. More than 60 year later, the All Souls Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago remains an active Unitarian Universalist congregation of color.
McGee would go on to serve congregations in Springfield, Ohio, as well as congregations in Los Angeles, Chico, Anaheim, and Pasadena, California. He died in 1979 at the age of 85.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Andrew P
His experience in an integrated Army led to his interest in creating an interracial congregation, and he founded the Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago in 1947, where he served as minister from 1948 to 1953. More than 60 year later, the All Souls Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago remains an active Unitarian Universalist congregation of color.
McGee would go on to serve congregations in Springfield, Ohio, as well as congregations in Los Angeles, Chico, Anaheim, and Pasadena, California. He died in 1979 at the age of 85.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor, Andrew P
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