Background
Aull, James Stroud was born on March 3, 1931 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States. Son of Luther Bachman and Ruth (Bull) Aull.
Aull, James Stroud was born on March 3, 1931 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States. Son of Luther Bachman and Ruth (Bull) Aull.
AB magna cum laude, Newberry College, 1953. Master of Divinity cum laude, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina, 1960. Master in Systematic Theology, Lutheran School Theology, Chicago, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1971. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Newberry College, 1988.
Pastor, St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Camden, South Carolina., 1961-1962; instructor, staff member, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina., 1962-1979; secretary, South Carolina. Synod, Lutheran Church in American, Columbia, 1979-1987; bishop, South Carolina. Synod, Lutheran Church in American, Columbia, 1988-1996; retired, 1996.
Trustee Newberry College, 1972-1996, secretary, 1977-1982. Trustee Lutheran Homes South Carolina Foundation, White Rock, 1988-1996, since 2004, chair, since 2005. Trustee Lutheridge/Lutherock Ministries, Inc., 1988-1996.
Board directors division education Evangelical Lutheran Church American, Chicago, 1988-1991, member church council, 1991-1996, trustee, member board pensions, 1997-2003. Member advisory board Lowman Home, 2003-2004. Member Society Biblical Literature, Rotary (board directors 1987-1990, president 1996-1997).
Married Virginia Kloeppel, August 9, 1958. Children: Diane, James Junior (deceased), Virginia Ruth.