Background
Ness, Isaac J. Van was born on July 15, 1860 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Austin and Caroline R. (Jacobus) Van Ness.
Ness, Isaac J. Van was born on July 15, 1860 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Austin and Caroline R. (Jacobus) Van Ness.
Graduate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1890. Doctor of Divinity, Mercer University, Georgia, 1897. Doctor of Laws, Baylor, 1920.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1890. Pastor Nashville, Tennessee, 1890-1896. Editor Christian Index, Atlanta.
Georgia, 1896-1900.
Editorial secretary, 1900-1917, and executive secretary and treasurer, 1917-1935, South.S. Board of Southern Baptist Convention. Director Fourth First Bank & Trust Company (Nashville), John Milton Foundation (New York). President South.S. Editors’ Association of the United States and Canada, 1906-1907.
Chairman editorial section, 1912-1914, president, 1916-1917, South.S. Council of Evangelical Denominations.
Member International South.S. Lesson Committee since 1915 (chairman 1925-1926), World’s South.S. Executive Committee, 1916-1918.
Member of the board of directors Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville), Baptist Bible Institute (New Orleans).
Married Frances V. Tabb, June 24, 1891. Children: Stephen Austen (deceased), Allan Edward, Noble, Lucy Tabb (Mistress Julian L. Hagan), Edwin Bell.