IN MEMORIAM: Pastor Tom Gratton, 80;
Expert On Tending Multi-Racial Churches
SCHENEVUS – Pastor Tom A. Gratton, who over a long career developed strategies to successfully tend multi-racial congregations, past away early Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was 80.
Born Oct. 9, 1935, in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was a son of James and Minnie (Ross) Gratton. Raised in Pittsburgh, he later moved to Rhode Island.
Called to the ministry, Pastor Tom brought countless people to the Lord, including some who themselves became pastors. In 1973, he received his master of divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary School of Theology in Fort Worth, Texas.
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