Background
Crouch, Austin was born on July 13, 1870 in Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Elbert Hildebrand and Adelaide (Newell) Crouch.
Crouch, Austin was born on July 13, 1870 in Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Elbert Hildebrand and Adelaide (Newell) Crouch.
Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1899, Doctor of Divinity, 1920. Student Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1899-1900. Master of Arts, Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1906.
Doctor of Divinity, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1916, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1916.
; married second, Myrtle Oldham, 1911 (deceased March 1946). Paid way through schools by preaching in Texas and Kentucky. Ordained ministry Southern Baptist Church, 1893.
Pastor successively Corinth, Mississippi, Woodlawn Church, Birmingham, Gaston Avenue Church, Dallas, First Church, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, First Church, Jonesboro, Arkansas, until 1922.
Superintendent department of church extension Baptist Home Mission Board, 1922-1923. Again pastor First Church, Murfreesboro.
1923-1927. Executive secretary Executive Committee Southern Baptist Convention, 1927-1946, retired as executive secretary emeritus.
Married Arianna Hill, 1895 (deceased. Married second, Myrtle Oldham, 1911 (deceased.