Background
Rowe, Gilbert Theodore was born on September 10, 1875 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Columbus and Nannie (Brown) Rowe.
Rowe, Gilbert Theodore was born on September 10, 1875 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Columbus and Nannie (Brown) Rowe.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, 1895, Doctor of Divinity, 1914. S.T.D., Temple University, 1905. Doctor of Letters, Duke, 1925.
Professor Greek, Hendrix College, Arkansas, 1895-1896. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1896. Pastor Hot Springs, North Carolina, 1897, Greensboro, 1898, Hendersonville, 1899, Bessemer City, 1900, Albemarle, 1901-1903, Concord, 1904-1905, Asheville, 1906-1909, Charlotte, 1910-1912.
Presiding elder Greensboro District, 1913-1914. Pastor High Point, 1915-1918, Winston-Salem, 1919-1920. Editor North Carolina Christian Advisory, 1920-1921.
Book editor Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and editor Methodist Quarterly Review, 1921-1928. Professor Christian doctrine Duke U., 1928-1948. Exchange professor Drew U., 1938-1939.
(The Meaning of Methodism, G. Rowe, 1926 [Gilbert T. Rowe]...)
Member General Conference, 1914. Member Ecumenical Methodist Conference, London, 1921, Atlanta, 1931. Member Uniting Conference Kansas City, 1939.
Married Caroline Pearle Bostian, November 26, 1902. Children: Theodore Bostian, Charles Gilbert.