Background
Garrett, James Leo was born on November 25, 1925 in Waco, Texas, United States. Son of James Leo and Grace Hasseltine (Jenkins) Garrett.
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James Leo Garrett
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Graduate University of Oxford, 1968-1969, Saint John"s University, 1977, Trinity Evangelical
Career
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1945. Pastor, Baptist churches in Texas, 1946-1948, 50-51. Successively instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor theology, distinguished professor emeritus Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1949-1959, 79, associate dean for Doctor of Philosophy degree, 1981-1984.
Professor Christiantheology Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1959-1973.
Director J. M. Dawson Studies in Church-State, professor religion Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1973-1979, Simon M. and Ethel Bunn professor Church-State Studies, 1975-1979. Interim pastor Baptist churches in Texas, District of Columbia, Indiana and Kentucky.
Guest professor Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988. Coordinator 1st Conference on Concept of Believers" Church, 1967.
Chairman Study Commision on Cooperative Christianity, Baptist World Alliance, 1968-1975.
Secretary Study Commision on Human Rights, 1980-1985. Company-chairman Study and Research Division 1995. Theological lecturer Wake Forest, North Carolina, Torreon, Mexico, Cali, Colombia, Recife, Brazil, Montevideo, Uruguay, Oradea, Romania, Dallas, Yalta and Odessa, Ukraine.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Church History, American Academy Religion, Southern Baptist History Society, Conference on Faith and History.
Connections
Married Myrta Ann Latimer, August 31, 1948. Children: James Leo III, Robert Thomas, Paul Latimer.
