Background
Bergen, John Tallmadge was born on September 21, 1860 in Bergen Island (now Bergen Beach), Kings County, New York, United States. Son of John C. and Mary Tallmadge (Brower) Bergen.
Bergen, John Tallmadge was born on September 21, 1860 in Bergen Island (now Bergen Beach), Kings County, New York, United States. Son of John C. and Mary Tallmadge (Brower) Bergen.
Descendant of Hans Hansen van Bergen. Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1883, A.M., 1894, Doctor of Divinity, 1903. Diploma Union Theological Seminary, 1886.
Post-graduate work same, 1893.
Ordained Reformed Church, (Dutch) ministry, 1886. Pastor Shokan, New York, 1886-1889, Hope Church, Holland, Michigan, 1889-1892, S. Brooklyn, 1892-1895.
Professor ethics and evidences, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1895-1905, also chair Bible and missions same, 1895-1906. Pastor Hope Church, Holland, Michigan, 1900-1906. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dubuque, Iowa, 1906-1911.
President Albert Lea (Minnesota) College, 1911-1913. Pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, 1913-1930, Homewood Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, October 1, 1930. Retired September 1947.
Instructor in N. T. Greek and Apologetics, Northwestern Evangelical Theological Seminary since 1937, instructor Biblical philosophy and psychology, 1938-1939. President Federal Minneapolis Ministers, 1917-1918. Member Federal Council Churches of Christ in American.
Member S.R., S.A.R., Military Order Foreign Wars (state commander, 1924), Phi Beta Kappa.
Author: (textbook) Evidence of Christianity, 1902, 3d edit., 1923, 4th edit., 1937. From the Word to the World, 1927, 2d and 3d edits., 1933. Atonement and the Atonement, 1938.Aristotle Looks into Evolution, 1940. College song, Take My Love to Rosalie. Table songs. Morning Hymn and Evening Praise: hymn folio What Did You Say? and At Bethany, 1937.Also numerous articles on religious topics.
Member Minnesota Home Guard, April 1917-March 1918.
Married Ellen Grace Dean, 1883 (deceased).; married second, Eliza Grace Updegraff, May 17, 1906. Children: Dean (deceased), Hansen, Cornelius, Edwin Hope (deceased), Willis, Baldwin (deceased), Tallmadge.