Background
Finley, Allen Brown was born on November 11, 1929 in Albermarle, Virginia, United States. Son of William Walter and Melissa (Hoover) Finley.
religious organization administrator
Finley, Allen Brown was born on November 11, 1929 in Albermarle, Virginia, United States. Son of William Walter and Melissa (Hoover) Finley.
Bachelor, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, 1952. Master of Arts, California Graduate School Theology, 1981.
Pastor Setzer's Gap Presbyterian Church, Lenoir, North Carolina, 1950—1952, Beattie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Lenoir, 1950—1952. Missionary Gospel Fellowship Association, 1952—1953. Office director International Students, Inc., Philadelphia, 1953—1954, West Coast director, 1954—1960.
General director Christian National Evangelism Commission, San Jose, California, 1960—1976, international president, from 1976. International board director Christian National Evangelical Commission. Board director Christian National Evangelical Commission Council, Sydney, Green Pastures, Inc., Mountain View, California.
Director Fellowship Bible Institute Commission, Evangelical Church Alliance. Delegate World Congress Evangelism, Berlin, 1966, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 1974, Thailand, 80, International Conference Itinerant Evangelists, Amsterdam, 1983. Consultant United States Center World Mission, Pasadena, California.
Elder Berkeley (California) First Presbyterian Church, 1957—1960, Westminster Presbyterian Church, San Jose, from 1968. Member Council Advisors Presbyterian United for Mission Advance (Northern California chapter). Board director Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi Mission, Sinoe, Liberia, 1972—1980, Evangelical Church Alliance, Illinois, from 1955.
Member North America board reference Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School Theology. Member board reference Chinese for Christ Theological Seminary.
Married Ruth Ann Goodwin, August 14, 1953. Children: Ruth Naomi, Catherine Ann, Gayla Melissa.