Background
Brittain, Charles Mercer was born on December 16, 1873 in Conyers, Georgia, United States. Son of Jabez Mercer (Doctor of Divinity) and Ida (Callaway) B.
Brittain, Charles Mercer was born on December 16, 1873 in Conyers, Georgia, United States. Son of Jabez Mercer (Doctor of Divinity) and Ida (Callaway) B.
Educated Emery College, Oxford, Georgia, 1 year. Bachelor of Arts, Mercer U., 1898. Studied Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1904-1905.
Doctor of Divinity, Columbia College, Lake City, Florida, 1917.
Ordained ministry Southern Baptist Church, 1900. Pastor McDonough, Georgia, and Kissimmee, Florida, until 1907. Editor Florida Baptist Witness, 1907-1908.
Pastor First Church, Columbia, Alabama, 1912-1913. Head of history and psychology departments, also business manager, Columbia College, Lake City, Florida, 1913-1918. Pastor First Church, Ocala, Florida, 1919.
Treasurer Florida Baptist Assemblies, 1912-1925. Assistant secretary Baptist Board of Missions, 1919-1925, secretary and executive officer, 1925-1941, secretary emeritus for life since 1941. Director Florida Baptist Assemblies.
Young Men’s Christian Association secretary with United States Army in Cuba, 1898. Florida delegate World Baptist Alliance, Toronto, 1928, Berlin, 1934. Trustee Stetson U.
Member Southern Baptist History Society, American Baptist History Society (fellow), Kappa Alpha.
Married Susie Marie Moore, June 27, 1900. Children: Kingman Mercer, Charles Colquitt, Milner Callaway, Nathaniel Henry, Carson.