Background
Tanner,, James Clark was born on May 20, 1960 in Ripley, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Clark Senior and Martha Faye (Baskin) Tanner.
Tanner,, James Clark was born on May 20, 1960 in Ripley, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Clark Senior and Martha Faye (Baskin) Tanner.
Bachelor, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1981. Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1984. Doctor of Ministry, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990.
Pastor Cotton Grove Baptist Church, Jackson, Tennessee, 1978-1981. Church planter Denton (Texas) Baptist Association, 1982-1984. Pastor Southwood Baptist Church, Iuka, Mississippi, 1984-1985, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1985-1986, First Baptist Church, Pearsall, Texas, since 1986.
Chapt. advisor Boy Scouts American Order of the Arrow, Fort Worth, 1982-1984, assistant scout master, Iuka, 1984-1985, committee chairman troop 213, Pearsall, since 1990. Member Republican Presidential Task Force, since 1984. President board directors Brush County Council on Alcohol amd Drug Abuse Inc., since 1991.
Member Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Carole Lynn Cobb, November 9, 1985. 1 child, Jill Marie.