Background
Mckibben, Frank Melbourne was born on January 16, 1889 in Conway Springs, Kansas, United States. Son of Samuel and Ida (Chenoworth) Mckibben.
Mckibben, Frank Melbourne was born on January 16, 1889 in Conway Springs, Kansas, United States. Son of Samuel and Ida (Chenoworth) Mckibben.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern College, 1914. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1919. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1924, Doctor of Philosophy, 1929.
;(Mistress Everet Lothrop, Junior). Married second, Helen M. Brown, February 19, 1937. Children—Jeanne Brown, Cathy, David.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1919.
Director youth work Methodist Board Sunday Schools, 1919-1920. Director religious education, Evanston and Oak Park, Illinois, 1920-1923.
Director community program religious education, South. Bend, Indiana, 1923-1925. Director Baltimore Council Religious Education, 1925-1927.
Professor religious education, head department U. Pittsburgh, 1928-1930, Northwestern University, 1930-1942.
Professor religious education, academic executive secretary to president Garrett Bib. Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1942. Minister Central Methodist Church, Phoenix, from 1958.
Republican Methodist Church International Council Religious Education, 1932-1948, Chairman of Commission weekday religious education, 1935-1952.
Member of commission worship Federal Council Churches, 1935-1948. Director Religious Education Association, 1945-1953.
Author: The Community Training School, 1920. Intermediate Method in the Church School, 1926.
Studies in Youth, 1934-1938.
Improving Religious Education Through Supervision, 1929. Guiding Workers in Christian Education, 1954. Learning to Know God, 1936.
Renaissance in Religious Education, 1929.
Improving Your Teaching, 1937. Home: Phoenix, Arizona.
Member of commission worship Federal Council Churches, 1935-1948. Director Religious Education Association, 1945-1953.
Married Alma Palmer, June 14, 1916 (deceased. Married second, Helen M. Brown, February 19, 1937. Children: Jeanne Brown, Cathy, David.