Education
He attended the Elkhart Institute in 1901 and Northwestern University for two years after that.
He attended the Elkhart Institute in 1901 and Northwestern University for two years after that.
He was ordained in 1905 and became a Bishop in 1928 while in India. Lapp served as interim president of Goshen College from February 1918 until June 1919. Born May 26, 1879 in Juniata, Nebraska, George Jay Lapp was one of Samuel West. and Sarah Gross Lapp"s eight children.
Lapp earned a Bachelor of Arts from Goshen College in 1913, and an M.R.E from Bethany Seminary in 1930, and a Bachelor of Divinity at Goshen Biblical Seminary in 1947.
George Jay Lapp died in Goshen, Indiana on January 25, 1951. George Jay Lapp served as a missionary in the Central Provinces of India from 1905-1945 with several extended furloughs.
Ordained in 1905, George Jay Lapp was made a bishop while in India in 1928.