Background
Cree, Archibald Cunningham was born on March 9, 1872 in Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scotland. Son of Archibald and Agnes (Walker) Cree.
clergyman denominational executive
Cree, Archibald Cunningham was born on March 9, 1872 in Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scotland. Son of Archibald and Agnes (Walker) Cree.
Came to the United States, 1888. Master of Arts, Wake Forest College, 1898. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1900, Doctor of Theology, 1905.
Doctor of Laws, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1920.
Ordained ministry of Missionary Baptist Church, 1894. Pastor, Gaffney, South Carolina., 1900-1903, Louisville, Kentucky, 1903-1905, Nashville, Tennessee, 1905-1908, Moultrie, Georgia, 1909-1912. Enlistment secretary Home Missionary Board Southern Baptist Convention, 1912-1915.
Executive secretary of Executive Board Georgia Baptist Convention, 1915-1930.
Executive secretary-treasurer Home Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1928-1929. Pastor First Baptist Church, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1930-1941.
Vice-president Southern Baptist Convention, 1931, North Carolina Baptist Convention, 1932-1934. Trustee Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tennessee, Baptist Bible Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Trustee Board Ministerial Relief and Annuities, Dallas, Texas.
Southern president The British-American Fraternal. State director in securing over $10,000,000 subscriptions in Georgia for the Southern Baptist $75,000,000 campaign in 1919. Treasurer Christian Index (weekly).
Mason.; Rotarian. Toured 25 foreign lands.
Married Virginia Carroll, October 15, 1901. Children: Mary Carroll (Mistress J. M. McLaughlin), Virginia Carroll (Mistress J. M. Snyder), Agnes Walker (Mistress Larry Rogers).