Background
Beaty, James Ralph was born on May 16, 1929 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of James Clifford and Amanda Ann (Apgar) Beaty.
Beaty, James Ralph was born on May 16, 1929 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of James Clifford and Amanda Ann (Apgar) Beaty.
Bachelor, Franklin College Indiana, 1951. Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1954. Doctor of Divinity, Franklin College Indiana, 1979.
Doctor of Divinity, Judson College, 1970.
Ordained to ministry American Baptist Churches United States of America, 1952. Assistant to pastor 1st Baptist Church, Evansville, 1948. Pastor Exeter Avenue Baptist Church, Indianapolis, 1949-1952, Veale Creek Baptist Church, Washington, Indiana, 1952-1954, 1st Baptist Church, Salem, Indiana, 1954-1957.
Field counselor Division World Mission Support, American Baptist Convention, 1958-1966.
Executive minister Indianapolis Baptist Association, 1966-1967. Regional minister American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region, 1977-1994.
Associate general secretary American Baptist Churches in United States of America, 1989-1994.
Member Midwest commission on ministry American Baptist Convention, 1966—1994. Trustee Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1977—1994. Member Church Federation Greater Indpls, 1966—1967, Illinois Conference Churches, 1977—1994, Missouri Council Churches, 1977—1994.
Member alumni council Franklin College, 1960—1970. Board directors Shurtleff Fund, 1977—1994. Member General Staff Council, 1972—1994, Regional Executive Ministers Council, 1966—1994.
Member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Married Emma Jean Galloway, June 13, 1950. Children: Ralph Norman, James Robert, Ann Lynn, Jerri Elizabeth, William Clifford.