Background
Ball, Charles Thomas was born on February 3, 1866 in Oxford, North Carolina, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Adams) Balliol
Ball, Charles Thomas was born on February 3, 1866 in Oxford, North Carolina, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Adams) Balliol
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1898. Th.M, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1903. Doctor of Laws, University of Arlington, Fort Worth, Texas, 1939.
Dean Bible Department, Simmons College (now Simmons U.), Abilene, Texas, 1903-1911. Professor comparative religion and missions, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1911-1919. General secretary Baptist Student Missionary Movement, 1912-1919.
Executive secretary American Christian Student Union, 1921.
Pastor Wisinoming Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 1921-1925. President Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1925-1926.
President Eastern University, 1926-1935, University of Arlington since 1935. Organized and 1st president Bible Testimony.
Married Mary Agnes Peterson, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 30, 1897. Children: Charles Edward, Marie Elizabeth (deceased).