Background
Social Research., Frank Marion Powell, was born on March 29, 1886 in New Bloomfield, Missouri, United States. Son of James and Malinda (Powell) P.
Social Research., Frank Marion Powell, was born on March 29, 1886 in New Bloomfield, Missouri, United States. Son of James and Malinda (Powell) P.
Bachelor of Arts, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1912, Master of Arts, 1915. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1916, Doctor of Theology, 1917. Special work in history, University of Cincinnati, 1920 and University of Chicago, 1924, research, Oxford University, England, 1923-1924.
Doctor of Divinity, Howard College, 1936, Georgetown College, 1936.
Church history Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1918-1941. Literature editor Review and Expositor, 1929-1941. Pastor Calvary Baptist Church, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1942-1949.
Professor church historical and homiletics Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California, since 1949.
President Kentucky Baptist Historical Society, 1940-1942. Board Trustees Blue Mount College, 1943-1949.
Phi Gamma Delta.
Mason, Odd; Clubs: Shakespeare, Ten, Rotary.
Married Kathleen Stone, May 20, 1913. Children: Frank Marion, Robert Stone, Virginia Ruth, Professor.