Background
Tittle, Ernest Fremont was born on October 21, 1885 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Clayton Darius and Elizabeth (Henry) Tittle.
Tittle, Ernest Fremont was born on October 21, 1885 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Clayton Darius and Elizabeth (Henry) Tittle.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1906. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1908. Doctor of Divinity, Ohio Wesleyan University, Garrett Biblical Institute and Yale.
Doctor of Laws, Wittenberg College.
Ordained Methodist ministry, 1910. Pastor Christiansburg, O., 1908-1910, Riverdale, Dayton, O., 1910-1913, University Church, Delaware, O., 1913-1916, Broad St. Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1916-1918, 1st Church, Evanston, Illinois, since December 1918. Lecturer, Lyman Beecher Foundation, Yale University, 1932, Ayer Foundation, Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1935.
Also Earl lectures Pacific School of Religion, 1934, Gates Memorial lectures, Grinnell College, 1934, and Wilkin lectures University of Illinois, 1931, Mendenhall lectures DePauw University, 1921, Russell lectures Auburn Theological Seminary, 1934, Merrick lectures, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1940. University preacher, University of Chicago, Cornell University With Army Young Men’s Christian Association in the United States, 2 months, in France, 6 months. Participated in St. Mihiel offensive. Trustee Northwestern University.
Author: What Must the Church Do to Be Saved?, 1921. The Religion of the Spirit, 1928. The Foolishness of Preaching, 1930.We Need Religion, 1931. Jesus After Nineteen Centuries, 1932. A World that Cannot Be Shaken, 1933.A Way to Life. 1935
Christians in an Unchristian Society, 1939. The Lord’s Prayer, 1942.
Member World Peace Commission, Methodist Church. Member Federal Council Commission to Study the Basis of a Just and Durable Peace, Federal Council Commision on the War in the Light of Christian Faith, and the Department of International Justice and Goodwill. Member Oxford Conference, 1937, Delaware Conference, 1942, Cleveland Conference, 1945.
Member Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Glenna Myers, June 11, 1908. Children: John Myers, Elizabeth Ann, William Myers.