Background
Stowell, Jay Samuel was born on March 5, 1883 in Orwell, New York, United States. Son of Henry John and Sarah C. (Hollis) Stowell.
Stowell, Jay Samuel was born on March 5, 1883 in Orwell, New York, United States. Son of Henry John and Sarah C. (Hollis) Stowell.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1909. Student Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1909-1910, Union Theological Seminary, 1910-1912, University of Wisconsin, 1917. A.M., Columbia, 1912.
Teacher, 1901-1902 and 1904-1905. Ordained to ministry Congressional Church, 1912. Missionary Congressional Home Missionary Society and American Sunday School Union, 1905-1908.
Principal Union School of Religion, New York, 1911-1912. Teacher training secretary New York City Sunday School Association, 1911-1912. Educational secretary Board Home Missions Presbyn Church, 1912-1915.
Director James H. Mead Club, 1916-1918. Editorial writer Board Sunday School Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918-1919. Assistant director Home Missions Survey Interch.
World Movement, 1919-1920. Director publicity Centenary Conservation and Board Home Missions and Church Extension of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1920-1940. Secretary Board of Missions Methodist Church since October 1940.
Author: The Sunday School at Work (with others), 1913. The Sunday School Teacher and the Program of Jesus (with George H Trull). Making Missions Real (with others), 1919.
Home Mission Trails, 1920. Story Worship Program for the Church School Year, 1920. Mexicans and Spanish-Speaking Americans in the United States, 1921.
Near Side of the Mexican Question, 1921. Methodist Adventures in Negro Education, 1922. J.W. Thinks Black, 1922.
The Child and America’s Future, 1923. Methodism’s New Frontier, 1924. More Story Wroship Programs, 1924.
Makers of a New World, 1926. Between the Americas, 1930. The Utopia of Unity, 1930.
Also writer of articles in religious and secular publs.
Author: The Sunday School at Work (with others), 1913. The Sunday School Teacher and the Program of Jesus (with George H Trull). Making Missions Real (with others), 1919.Home Mission Trails, 1920. Story Worship Program for the Church School Year, 1920. Mexicans and Spanish-Speaking Americans in the United States, 1921.Near Side of the Mexican Question, 1921. Methodist Adventures in Negro Education, 1922. J.W. Thinks Black, 1922.The Child and America’s Future, 1923. Methodism’s New Frontier, 1924. More Story Wroship Programs, 1924.Makers of a New World, 1926. Between the Americas, 1930. The Utopia of Unity, 1930.Also writer of articles in religious and secular publs.
Married Ann Wilder Stewart, June 17, 1913. Children: Stewart Jay, Elizabeth Ann, John Wilder School.