Description:
Alan T. Forbes and Jane Forbes in conversation with their grandson Tyler
Flynn, Jr., about their life and work in the Buffalo Christian Center. Alan
T. Forbes was a Baptist minister in Buffalo, N.Y., longtime director of the
Buffalo Christian Center. He was born November 28, 1922, and married Letha
Jane Woods on May 23, 1943. Forbes was ordained by an independent group of
Western New York Baptist ministers in 1948 and became the first full-time
director of the Youthtime Evangelism Fellowship at the Buffalo Christian
Center. Forbes was active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
participated in Billy Graham's crusades, hosted a radio program on WDCX "Good
News at Noon," and helped organize a "baseball chapel" featuring members of
the Toronto Blue Jays. He retired in 1992 and died in 2010.
Creator:
Forbes, Alan T., 1922-2010. (interviewee), Forbes, Letha Jane. (interviewee), Flynn, Tyler, Jr. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Buffalo Christian Center (Buffalo, N.Y.), Forbes, Alan T., 1922-2010.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116385