Background
Lyman, Homer Childs was born on January 21, 1861 in Southampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Isaac and Janette (Childs) Lyman.
Lyman, Homer Childs was born on January 21, 1861 in Southampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Isaac and Janette (Childs) Lyman.
Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, 1887, Doctor of Divinity, 1912. Graduate Hamilton Theological Seminary, 1890. Studied School of Oratory, Ohio Wesleyan University.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1890. Pastor Immanuel Church, Cincinnati, 1890-1895, First Church, Bucyrus, 1985-1900, First Church, Delaware, O., 1900-1905. Business manager Baptist Young People's Union of America, Chicago, 1906-1907.
Dean theological department, Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina., 1907-1911.
Departmental superintendent International South.S. Association, 1911-1921. Vice-president and head of Department Christian Leadership, Keuka College, 1921-1925.
President Ohio Baptist Ministers’ Conference, 1904-1905. Speaker at World’s South.S. Association, Zürich, Switzerland, July, 1913.
Member Beta Theta Pi.
Married Ruby V. Stone, of Hamilton, New York, June 21, 1888.