Background
Jordan, Gerald Ray was born on November 11, 1896 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Marion and Sophia (Faulkner) Jordan.
Jordan, Gerald Ray was born on November 11, 1896 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Marion and Sophia (Faulkner) Jordan.
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Trinity College (now Duke), 1917. Bachelor of Divinity, Emory University, 1920. Master of Arts, Yale, 1921; Doctor of Divinity, Duke, 1935.
Doctor of Letters, Lincoln Memorial University, 1950.
Ordained to ministry, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1921. Pastor Black Mountain Methodist Episcopal Church, 1921-1923, Chestnut Saint Methodist Episcopal Church, Asheville, North Carolina, 1923-1924, College Place Methodist Episcopal Church, Greensboro, 1924-1926, Dilworth Methodist Episcopal Church, Charlotte, 1926-1930, Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, High Point, 1930-1933, Centenary Church, Winston-Salem, 1933-1940, First Methodist Church, Charlotte, 1940-1945. Professor homiletics and chapel preacher School Theology, Emory University, 1945-1960, Charles Howard Candler professor, since 1960.
At Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, 1918.
Second in command Lieutenant F.A.R.C. Trustee Scarritt College for Christian Workers, High Point College, Children’s Home, Winston-Salem.
Member to unite Davenport and Greensboro Colleges Member General Board Christian Education of Methodist Church, 1939-1948. Member American Association U. Profs, Association Seminary professors in Practical Field, Phi Beta Kappa Association, Kappa Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Theta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Mason (grand orator North Carolina Grand Lodge 1936).
Clubs: Atlanta Athletic.
Married Caroline Moody, March 7, 1922. Children: Gerald Ray, Terrell Franklin.