Background
Taylor, David Wyatt Aiken was born on December 13, 1925 in Tsingkiangpu, Kiangsu, China. Son of Hugh Kerr and Fanny Bland (Graham) Taylor.
Taylor, David Wyatt Aiken was born on December 13, 1925 in Tsingkiangpu, Kiangsu, China. Son of Hugh Kerr and Fanny Bland (Graham) Taylor.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1949; Bachelor of Divinity cum laude, Union Theological Seminary Virginia, 1952; Master of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1953; honorary Doctor of Divinity, King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1959.
Pastor churches, Elkton, Virginia, 1953-1955;
pastor churches, Bristol, Virginia, 1955-1962;
educational secretary board world missions, Presbyterian Church United States, 1962-1968;
program division director, Presbyterian Church United States, 1968-1973;
ecumenical officer general assembly mission board, Presbyterian Church United States, Atlanta, 1973-1982;
pastor, Orange Park Presbyterian Church, Orange Park, Florida, 1982-1986;
general secretary for strategy and interpretation, Consultation on Church Union, Princeton, New Jersey, 1986-1988;
general secretary, Consultation on Church Union, Princeton, New Jersey, 1988-1993;
retired, 1993. Instructor Bible Presbyterian Junior College, Maxton, North Carolina, 1951. Member program board, division Christian education National Council Churches, 1965-1969, board of managers, department education for mission, 1962-1968, member program board, division overseas ministries, 1968-1978, member governing board, 1976-1980, chairman governing board credentialscom., 1978.
Chairman Church World Service, Inc., 1973-1975. Member administration and finance committee National Council Churches, 1973-1975, member of commission on faith andorder, 1978-1993. Member of commission on interchurch aid World Council Churches, 1973-1975.
Member 5th Assembly, 1975. Representative Presbyterian Church United States to World Alliance Reformed Churches, 1976-1982. Board directors Presbyterian Survey magazine, 1963-1968.
Member Consultation on Church Union, 1974-1993. Chairman National Ecumenical Officers Association, 1978-1981.
Board of directors Abingdon Presbytery's Children's Home, Wytheville, Virginia, 1958-1962. Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946, PTO. Member Sigma Chi.
Married Lillian Ross McCulloch, August 25, 1951. Children: Frances Bland, David Wyatt.