Background
Fuller, Ellis Adams was born on April 1, 1891 in Cross Hill, South Carolina, United States. Son of John Rhett and Ida Lee (Adams) Fuller.
Fuller, Ellis Adams was born on April 1, 1891 in Cross Hill, South Carolina, United States. Son of John Rhett and Ida Lee (Adams) Fuller.
Bachelor of Arts Presbyterian College South Carolina., Clinton, 1912, Doctor of Divinity 1924. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1921, post-graduate work, 1 year.
Ordained to Baptist ministry. Pastor Greenwood, South Carolina., 1922-1924, Greenville, South Carolina., 1924-1925. General superintendent evangelistic work (17 states and District of Columbia), Southern Baptist Convention, 1925-1928.
Pastor First Church, Atlanta, Georgia., 1928-1942.
President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, since 1942. President Baptist Home Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention, 1928-1942.
Chairman Georgia Baptist Hospital Commission, 1938-1942. President Georgia Baptist Convention, 1939-1942.
Chairman of the executive committee, 1940-1942.
Member of Executive Committee Baptist World Alliance. Mason, Rotarian.
Married Elizabeth West Bates, December 17, 1925. Children: Ellis Adams, Sara Elizabeth (Mistress James M. Miller), Ida Lee (Mistress Terry G. Waddle).