Background
Barner, Charles Wilbur was born on July 19, 1925 in Richfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Newton and Blanche Ludella (Basom) Barner.
Barner, Charles Wilbur was born on July 19, 1925 in Richfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Newton and Blanche Ludella (Basom) Barner.
Bachelor, Moravian College, 1949. Postgraduate, Moravian Theological Seminary, 1950.
Ordained to ministry Evangelical Congressional Church, 1948. Pastor Williams Township Evangelical Congressional Church, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1945-1947, Reedsville Evangelical Congressional Church, Schuylkill Haven, 1947-1953, St. Matthews Evangelical Congressional Church, Emmaus, 1953-1961, Grace Evangelical Congressional Church, Allentown, 1961-1967, St. Paul's Evangelical Congressional Church, Reading, 1967-1970, First Evangelical Congressional Church, Palmyra, since 1984. General secretary International Society Christian Endeavor, Columbus, Ohio, 1970-1984, World's Christian Endeavor Union, 1972-1984.
President Emmaus Parent-Teachers Association, 1958-1961. Member of Rotary.
Married Etta V. Dysle Berger, March 19, 1983. Children– Charles Timothy, Rebecca Barner Fenn, Bruce Eric.