Background
Helms, Edgar James was born on January 19, 1863 in Malone, New York, United States. Son of William S. and Lerona (Sherwin) Helms.
Helms, Edgar James was born on January 19, 1863 in Malone, New York, United States. Son of William S. and Lerona (Sherwin) Helms.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Cornell College, Iowa, 1889, Doctor of Divinity, 1911. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1893. Post-graduate student, Harvard, 1894.
Study in Europe, 1 year as Jacob Sleeper fellow, Boston University, 1899.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1896. Founder Boston University Settlement, Hull Saint, Boston, 1892. Superintendent Boston Missionary and Church Extension Society, 1893-1895.
Minister and superintendent Morgan Memorial Institutional Church, Boston, 1895.
Superintendent Morgan Memorial Cooperative Industries and Stores, Incorporated. Superintendent National Cooperative Relief Association Professor evangelism Boston University School of Theology, 1916.
Pastor Church of All Nations, Boston, dean School for Training Christian Leaders, 1917. Executive secretary bureau of Goodwill Industries, Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1919.
Executive secretary National Association of Goodwill Industries, Incorporated., 1934.
Club: Twentieth Century. Lectures on city missionary, social and religious subjects.
Married Eugenia Preston, of Sac City, Iowa, June 12, 1892. Married second, Grace Preston, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, August 11, 1901. Children: Pauline, Ruth, William.