Background
Spencer, Claudius Buchanan was born on October 20, 1856 in Fowlerville, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Norman and Electa J. (Brown) Spencer.
Spencer, Claudius Buchanan was born on October 20, 1856 in Fowlerville, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Norman and Electa J. (Brown) Spencer.
Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1881, Master of Arts, 1887, Doctor of Divinity, 1931. Doctor of Divinity, Lawrence, 1897. The Doctor of Letters, University of Denver, 1902.
Doctor of Laws, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1905.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Oklahoma City College, 1923. Studied in British Museum, 1914.
Entered Mechanical Engineering Ministry, 1881. Pastor on Lake Superior, 1881-1883, Detroit, 1883-1887, Owosso, Michigan, 1887-1890, Detroit, 1890-1892, Denver, 1892-1896. Member Colorado Conference, since 1892.
Editor Rocky Mountain Christian Advocate, 1892-1900, and Central Christian Advocate, Kansas City, 1900-1932.
Prohibition nominee for government of Colorado, 1896. Secretary of conference which organized Epworth League, 1889.
Delegate Inter-Church Conference on Federation, 1905. Member board of managers Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education Society, 1906-1908.
Member General Conference, 1908, 12.
Member commission on Ecumenical Conference, Toronto, 1908-1911. Member Ecumenical Conferences, London, England., 1921, Atlanta, Georgia., 1931. Associate secretary organization of Federal Council of Churches of Christ, 1908.
Delegate to World’s Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 1910.
Incorporator and member Executive Committee Temperance Society of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1912-1916. Delegate International Congress for Promotion Arbitration.
Member Church Conference on International Peace, Constance, 1914. Member of national Executive Committee of Anti-Saloon League America, 1917-1926.
Unofficial representative of Methodist Episcopal Church at organization of Methodist Episcopal Church of Mexico, Mexico City, 1930.
Author: Blue Flower of Methodism, 1903. Easter Reflections, 1909. The Layman, 1912; That They May Be One, 1915.
Home: Kansas City, Missouri
Member Colorado Conference, since 1892. Member board of managers Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education Society, 1906-1908. Member General Conference, 1908, 12.
Member commission on Ecumenical Conference, Toronto, 1908-1911.
Member Ecumenical Conferences, London, England., 1921, Atlanta, Georgia., 1931. Member Church Conference on International Peace, Constance, 1914.
Member of national Executive Committee of Anti-Saloon League America, 1917-1926.
Married Mary L. Mitchell, October 20, 1886. Children: Helen Mitchell, Mistress Marjorie Elizabeth Frank, Mistress Mildred Isabel Roper.