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[Re item 6 below]: Biography: Willis Jefferson King (October 1, 1886 – 1976) was an African-American Methodist bishop, college professor and author. King attended Wiley College, Boston University School of Theology, and Harvard University, and received his PhD in sociology from Boston University. He was selected as the black students' representative at the World's Student and Christian Federation in Peking, China, and as a Fellow of the Julius Rosenwald Fund for Research at Oxford University. He served as Professor of Old Testament Literature at Gammon Theological Seminary (1918-1930), president of Samuel Huston College (1930-1932), and president of Gammon Theological Seminary (1932-1944).
King served as a deacon in the Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1908. He became an elder in 1913 and held pastorates in Texas (Greenville, St. Paul, Galveston, and Houston) and in Boston, Massachusetts. The Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church elected him bishop in 1944. Bishop King presided over the Liberia Conference (1944-1956) and the New Orleans Area (1956-1960), including two conferences in Texas, two in Mississippi, and one in Louisiana.King retired in 1960 to New Orleans, where he spent his time in writing and speaking. He died in 1976. [Source: Wikipedia] |
[Re item 6 below]: Biography: Willis Jefferson King (October 1, 1886 – 1976) was an African-American Methodist bishop, college professor and author. King attended Wiley College, Boston University School of Theology, and Harvard University, and received his PhD in sociology from Boston University. He was selected as the black students' representative at the World's Student and Christian Federation in Peking, China, and as a Fellow of the Julius Rosenwald Fund for Research at Oxford University. He served as Professor of Old Testament ... View more |
