Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr.
Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr. August 22, 1916 May 21, 1987 was a noted American clergyman and a bishop in the United Methodist Church. He began his pastoral career after graduating from Duke University Divinity School in 1940. His first assignment was First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He remained there until he was sent to Norman, Oklahoma, in 1950. Ten years later he became senior pastor at Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa. He was credited with bringing Oral Roberts into the Methodist Church and served as a negotiator in the 1968 merger of the Methodist Church with the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Crutchfield was born in Henrietta, Texas, on August 22, 1916. His father, Finis Crutchfield, Sr., was a Methodist minister, as was his paternal grandfather. The father was sent by the church to many different towns while his son was growing up. These included Denton, Wichita Falls, Denison and Dallas. His older sister, Artha, was the wife of Alsie Carlson, who was also a Methodist minister and later a bishop.
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