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__**Reverend Josiah Strong**__
 * (1847-1916)**

I am a Protestant Clergyman, as well as the Author of **//Our Country: It's Possible Future and It's Present Crisis//** and the Founder of the //**Social Gospel Movement**//. This Social Gospel Movement sought to bring **//Old Light//** religious values back into society to solve social ills created by the likes of industrialisation, immigration and urbanisation. I have served as the General Secretary of the //**Evangelical Alliance**// for the United States from the years of 1886 to 1898. This Evangelical Alliance was a coalition of Protestant missionary groups. However, i was forced out and so i created my own group named accordingly as, **//The League of Social Service//**, which i stayed part of until my eventual death in 1916. I make these groups a large part of my life, but in my free time i like to write my ideas instead of preach them. I edit a magazine called, **//The Gospel of the Kingdom//**, which has been a huge success amongst my followers.