Background
Potts, Donald Ralph was born on June 10, 1930 in Saint Louis. Son of BenjaminSedwick and Ethel Dorothy (Dietz) Potts.
Potts, Donald Ralph was born on June 10, 1930 in Saint Louis. Son of BenjaminSedwick and Ethel Dorothy (Dietz) Potts.
Associate of Arts, Southwest Baptist College, 1950. Bachelor in Psychology, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1952. Bachelor's Degree, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1955.
Doctor of Theology in Homiletics and Ethics, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1959. Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1973.
Instructor Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1959-1960. Pastor Center Baptist Church, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1960-1964. Professor religion Cameron College, Lawton, 1960-1964.
Pastor First Baptist Church, Groves, Texas, 1964-1976.
Professor, department chairman religion East Texas Baptist University, Marshall, 1976. Adjunct Professor New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1987-1992.
Guest professor Fosham (China) Education College, Ecole Baptiste de Theologue, Lome, 1994.
President Lawton-Fort Sill Ministerial Alliance, 1963, Groves Ministerial Alliance, 1968. Member of Rotary (director 1984-1985, president 1986-1987, Paul Harris fellowship 1987), Smithsonian Institute, National Geography Society, Biblical Archeological Society, Association Baptist Teachers Religion, American Academy Religion.
Married Jeanne Daugherty, June 10, 1951. Children: Cynthia Diane Chamberlin, Donald Mark.