Paul Abels
Paul Abels | |
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| Born | Paul Milford Abels August 4, 1937 Yellow Springs, Ohio, US |
| Died | March 12, 1992 (aged 54) Rensselaerville, New York, US |
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| Years active | 1963–1989 |
| Religion | Christianity (Methodist) |
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| Ordained | 1963 |
Congregations served | Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church |
Paul Milford Abels (1937–1992) was an American Methodist minister who became the country's first openly gay minister with a congregation in a major Christian denomination. He served as pastor from 1973 to 1984 of the Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church in the Greenwich Village area of New York City.