Background
Kernahan, Arthur Earl was born on November 3, 1888 in Mellette, South Dakota, United States. Son of James and Jennie Elizabeth (Kernahan) Kernahan.
Kernahan, Arthur Earl was born on November 3, 1888 in Mellette, South Dakota, United States. Son of James and Jennie Elizabeth (Kernahan) Kernahan.
Preparatory education, Upper Iowa Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Upper Iowa University, 1911, Doctor of Divinity, 1923. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1916.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1912. Pastor Laurel Street Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1915-1916, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1917-1918, Daniel Dorchester Memorial Church, Boston, 1919-1922. Director visitation evangelism campaigns in the United States since 1922.
Chautauqua lecturer.
Chaplain United States Army in active service 7 months, World War. Formerly chaplain Reserve.
Mason.; Member Pi Gamma Museum Originated “Kernahan Directed Survey,” 1927, and has conducted religions surveys covering 34,000,000 people.
Married Susanna Elizabeth Gough, September 20, 1910. Children: Earl Gough, Mildred Ruth, Susanna Mae, Galal Joseph.