Background
Clutz, Jacob Abraham was born on January 5, 1848 in Adams Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Hannah (Buffington) Clutz.
Clutz, Jacob Abraham was born on January 5, 1848 in Adams Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Hannah (Buffington) Clutz.
Bachelor of Arts, Pennsylvania College, 1869. Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1872. (Doctor of Divinity, Pennsylvania College, 1889.
Doctor of Laws, Midland College, Fremont, Nebraska, 1920).
Pastor Lutheran churches at Newville, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, 1872-1883. General secretary Lutheran (General Synod) Board of Home Missions, 1883-1889. President Midland College, Atchison, Kansas, 1889-1904.
Also professor homiletics and Christian ethics, Western Theological Seminary, Atchison, 1894-1904.
Pastor Saint James’ Church, Gettysburg, 1904-1909. Professor practical theology, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, since 1909.
Secretary Lutheran Board Foreign Missions, 1877-1883. President Lutheran General Synod, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1891.
Treasurer Lutheran Board of Home Missions (General Synod), 1905-1913.
President same, 1913-1915. Secretary ways and means commission to effect merger of Lutheran General Synod, General Council, and United Synod in the South, 1917-1918. Member Executive Board United Lutheran Church in American, 1918-1924.
Trustee Pennsylvania College, since 1908.
Company-editor Lutheran Quarterly from 1909. Home: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Member executive
Married Liberty A. Hollinger, September 4, 1872.
