Norman Vincent Peale
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Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898â-1993) was a minister and author (most notably of ) and a progenitor of the theory of positive thinking.
Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio. He Read More
Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio. He Read More
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898â-1993) was a minister and author (most notably of ) and a progenitor of the theory of positive thinking.
Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He has earned degrees at Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a brother of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta) and Boston University School of Theology.
Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 and began a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. During that time the churchs membership grew from 600 to over 5000, and he became one of New York Citys most famous preachers.Read Less
Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He has earned degrees at Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a brother of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta) and Boston University School of Theology.
Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 and began a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. During that time the churchs membership grew from 600 to over 5000, and he became one of New York Citys most famous preachers.Read Less
