Background
Haden, Benjamin was born on October 18, 1925 in Fincastle, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin and Anne Spiller Haden.
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Haden, Benjamin was born on October 18, 1925 in Fincastle, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin and Anne Spiller Haden.
Bachelor in political science, University Texas, Austin, 1947. Juris Doctor, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1949. Master of Divinity magna cum laude, Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta, 1963.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1968.
Owner and president Long Oil Corporation, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1949—1950. With Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1950—1951. News, advertising, circulation Mansfield News Journal, Ohio, 1951—1953.
National advertising Jefferson City News Tribune, Missouri, 1953—1954. Chief Executive Officer Kingsport Times News, Tennessee, 1954—1960. Interim pastor Riviera Presbyn, Church, Miami, Florida, 1962.
Youth director North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, 1962—1963. Senior pastor Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church, Miami, 1963—1967. Speaker Bible Study Hour, NBC radio, Philadelphia, 1967—1968.
Senior pastor First Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, 1967—1999. Founder, speaker Changed Lives television/Radio International, since 1968. Member American Newspaper Publications Association, 1954—1960, Southern Newspaper Publications Association, 1954—1960.
Director The Bible For You, Atlanta, 1963—1970. Associate evangelist Billy Graham Crusade, Vancouver, Canada, 1965. Bible teacher Leadership Institute, Atlanta, 1968, Monterey, California, 70.
Trustee King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1968—1974. Member National Religious Broadcasters, 1968—2001. Member originating board Debbie Fox Foundation, 1969.
Director Christianity Today, Chicago, 1975—2000, Electric Systems, Chattanooga, 1985—2000. Speaker first Convention of Evangelists, Moscow, 1990. Director Race Foundation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1965—2002, Electric Motor Sales, Chattanooga, since 1985, Metal Systems, Inc., Chattanooga, since 1994.
President Kingsport Rotary Club, 1959. Member race relations committee Mayor Jim Rose, Chattanooga, 1970. Chairman Salvation Army Board, Kingsport, 1954.
Deacon First Presbyn, Church, 1955, member pulpit committee, 1956. Member executive committee Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, 1956. President Community Chest, 1957.
Director Ridgefields Country Club, 1957. Member of Tennessee Bar Association, Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, Mountain City Club, Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Kappa Sigma (president Washington and Lee chapter 1948).
Married Charlene Gay Edwards, July 22, 1950. 1 child Dallas Haden Gibbons.