Background
Hale, Joe was born on March 25, 1935 in Texarkana, Texas, United States. Son of Alfred Clay and Bess (Akin) Hale.
Hale, Joe was born on March 25, 1935 in Texarkana, Texas, United States. Son of Alfred Clay and Bess (Akin) Hale.
Bachelor, Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, 1957. Bachelor's Degree, Southern Methodist University, 1960. Doctor of Divinity, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1978.
Doctor of Divinity, Asbury College, 2005. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Florida Southern College, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Florida Southern University, 1994.
Pastor Methodist Church, Sunset, Texas, 1958-1960. Evangelist, 1960-1966. Associate director department evangelism Board Evangelism, Methodist Church, 1966-1968, director ecumenical evangelism, 1968-1974.
Director evangelization development Board Discipleship, United Methodist Church, 1975. General secretary World Methodist council, 1976—2001, general secretary emeritus, 2001. Executive committee Key 73, 1970-1973.
Secretary working group evangelism National Council Churches, 1972. Executive committee Evangelization Forum, 1973-1975. President Communications Foundation, Inc., 1974-1975.
World ambassador International Prayer Fellowship, 1974. Registrar World Methodist Evangelism Convocation, Jerusalem, 1974. Member Conference Secretaries Christian World Communions, 1976-2001, chairman, 1983-1986.
General secretary World Methodist Council, 1976-2001, with world conferences in Hawaii, 1981, Nairobi, 1986, Singapore, 1991, Rio de Janeiro, 1996, Brighton, England, 2001.
Married Mary Richey, June 2, 1964. 1 child Jeffrey Glen.