The sportswriter, who jointly formed the pro-Arabist organisation American Friends of the Middle East in 1951, was called to serve as pastor at a church that opened its doors on October 5 1930.
Harry Emerson Fosdick (May 24, 1878  October 5, 1969) was an American pastor. 
 Although a Baptist, he was called to serve as pastor, in New York City, at First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan's West Village, and then at the historic, inter-denominational Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. 
Riverside Church is a Christian church in Morningside Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City. 
 It opened its doors on October 5, 1930. 
The American Friends of the Middle East (AFME) was a pro-Arabist organization often critical of U.S. support for Israel that was formed in 1951 by columnist Dorothy Thompson, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., and 24 further American educators, theologians, and writers (including Harry Emerson Fosdick). 
