(RNS) — Bishop David D. Daniels III, a scholar and ecumenist who sought to build understanding of historical African and Black Pentecostal contributions to Christianity, has died at age 70.

David D. Daniels III joined the faculty of McCormick Theological Seminary in 1987 and was inaugurated professor of Church History in 2003. David received the Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College, ...

He was a graduate of Fremont Ross High School, Fremont, Ohio; Ohio University; and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. Bob was a retired member of the Presbytery of Denver, having been ...