Background
Warner, Ira David was born on September 14, 1886 in Clayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert and Sarah E. (Waitman) Warner.
Warner, Ira David was born on September 14, 1886 in Clayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert and Sarah E. (Waitman) Warner.
Bachelor of Arts, Otterbein College, Westerville, O., 1911, Doctor of Divinity, 1921. Student Biblical Seminary in New York, 1919-1920, Doctor of Laws, York College, York, Nebraska, 1942.
Minister U. Brethren in Christ, 1918. Pastor successively First Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Oak Street Church, Dayton, O., First Church, Canton, First Church, Akron, until 1929. Elected bishop, 1929, and assigned to Pacific area.
President Ohio Pastors Convention, Columbus. 1926-1927; trustee United Theological Seminary, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Western Evangelical Seminary Delaware Universal Christian Council, Oxford, 1937. Head deputation to Sierra Leone, West Africa, to study denominational mission work, 1946, 49, 53, 55, 58, president of the board bishops, 1950.
Delegate constituting convention National Council Churches, World Council Churches, Evanston.
Club: Lions.
Married Edna May Landis, June 28, 1911 (deceased).; married second Ada May Visick, June 6, 1937. Children: Donald Dwight, Marjorie Ruth.