Background
Earl Stallings was born March 20, 1916, in Durham, North Carolina.
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Stallings dropped out of school at 16 to take care of his brothers and sisters by managing a fruit stand in Knoxville, Tennessee after his mother died. Stallings was forced into the workforce by The Great Depression, and returned to high school at age 21, graduating at 23. Upon graduation, he entered Carson-Newman where he majored in history and joined Alpha Phi Omega.
He earned a master of theology degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
He was a quarter time student pastor of Buffalo Grove Baptist Church in Jefferson City in 1940. He was then a half time student pastor in 1947-1951 at Dumplin Creek Baptist Church in Jefferson City.
Career
He died when he was 89 in his retirement home in Lakeland, Florida, on February 23. Earl had a wife of 64 years, Ruth Langston McMahan Stallings, who died in April 2001. Church He was a full-time pastor in the following churches: from 1951 to 1962 he was at First Baptist Church, Ocala Florida.
1962-1965 he was at First Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
1965-1977 he was at First Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia. 1977-1985 he was at Session Border Controllers home Mission Board, Director of Christian Ministries in the Arizona Session Border Controllers . One of the blacks allowed in was the civil rights leader Andrew Young.
As a result of his moderate stance, Stallings became a target of both conservative segregationists and liberal integrationists. Tension over the issue so divided the church that it eventually split over the issue, following Stallings" departure.
Membership
This same action angered members of his white congregation.
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Religion
Christian