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Leaders & Legacies: Stories of Local Impact, celebrating the powerful role philanthropy plays in our community, features Jim and Mary Eleanor Wall.
April 19, 2021 James McKendree Wall, who served as editor and publisher of the Christian Century from 1972 to 1999, died March 22 at the age of 92. He is remembered at the Century for his ecumenical interests, his stabilization of the magazine’s financial picture, and his encouragement of some new directions for the Century’s pages. A native of Monroe, Georgia, Wall began his journalism career covering sports for local papers in Atlanta. He later became an ordained minister in the Methodist Church and worked for a time as a pastor. By the time he came to the Century, he had a well-deve...