<P> Josiah Strong (April 14, 1847--June 26, 1916) was an American Protestant clergyman, organizer, editor and author . He was a leader of the Social Gospel movement, calling for social justice and combating social evils . He supported missionary work so that all races could be improved and uplifted and thereby brought to Christ . He is controversial, however, due to his beliefs about race and methods of converting people to Christianity . In his 1885 book Our Country, Strong argued that Anglo Saxons are a superior race who must "Christianize and civilize" the "savage" races, which he argued would be good for the American economy and the "lesser races". </P> <P> Josiah Strong was one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement that sought to apply Protestant religious principles to solve the social ills brought on by industrialization, urbanization and immigration . He served as General Secretary (1886--1898) of the Evangelical Alliance for the United States, a coalition of Protestant missionary groups . After being forced out he set up his own group, the League for Social Service (1898--1916), and edited its magazine The Gospel of the Kingdom . </P>

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