Background
James Chamberlain Baker was born on June 2, 1879. He is the son of Benjamin Webb and Martha Frances (née Henry) Baker.
1898
1312 Park St, Bloomington, IL 61701, United States
James Chamberlain Baker attended Illinois Wesleyan University.
1905
745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States
James Chamberlain Baker earned the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology at Boston University.
James Chamberlain Baker was born on June 2, 1879. He is the son of Benjamin Webb and Martha Frances (née Henry) Baker.
James Baker graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1989. In 1902 he entered the Boston University School of Theology and accepted a student pastorate in Ashland, Mass. He received the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1905.
James Baker worked as a teacher of Greek for three years at Missouri Wesleyan University. Then, until 1928, he was a pastor of Methodist Episcopal churches in McLean and Urbana. In 1928 he was an elected bishop at Methodist Episcopal Church (now United Methodist Church). In the period of 1928-1930 James Baker was a supervisor of missions in Japan, Manchuria, and Korea. Meanwhile, in the period of 1933-1934 he was a temporary supervisor of Methodist Episcopal mission in the Shanghai area of China. After that, he became a bishop for San Francisco and then for Los Angeles. In 1952, he was a visiting professor at the University of Southern California. Moreover, in 1941 Baker became a chair of the International Missionary Council and took that position for seven years. After that, in 1948, he became a founding member of the World Council of Churches, the president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, and the consultant to the United Nations.
James Chamberlain Baker worked as a bishop at Methodist churches.
After retirement, James Baker remained active in church affairs. He taught at the Graduate School of Theology of the University of Southern California for several terms, and he showed his lifelong concern for students by donating to the school, after it moved to Claremont, California, most of his personal theological library.
James Baker married Lena Sarah Benson in 1901.