Background
Paul, John Haywood was born on September 23, 1877 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Son of John T. and Lurany Madison (Watkins) Paul.
Paul, John Haywood was born on September 23, 1877 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Son of John T. and Lurany Madison (Watkins) Paul.
Educated under private tutors and special courses at the University of Chicago and at Meridian (Mississippi) College. Doctor of Divinity, Meridian College, 1914, Asbury, 1921.
Rural pastor Mechanical Engineering churches, Texas and Mississippi, until 1903. City editor Pentecostal Herald, Louisville, Kentucky, 1904-1908. Professor philosophy, Meridian College, 1909-1913.
Editor The Way of Faith, Columbia, South Carolina., 1914-1915, 1922-1923. Vice president Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, 1916-1922. Lecturer Interdenom. Convention, Japan, 1917.
President Taylor U., Upland, Indiana, 1922-1931. President John Fletcher College, University Park, Iowa, 1934-1937. Director Applied Theological Asbury Seminary, 1941-1946.
Editor The Christian Witness, 1923-1946. Author: Silver Keys, 1907. The Hereafter, 1909; The Way of Power, 1917.
What Is New Theology?, 1921. Life and Times of Bishop William Taylor, 1927. Winner Christian Advocate gold prize for Methodist doctrinal statement, Francis Asbury Centenary, Louisville‡.
Editor The Christian Witness, 1923-1946. Author: Silver Keys, 1907. The Hereafter, 1909
The Way of Power, 1917.What Is New Theology?, 1921. Life and Times of Bishop William Taylor, 1927. Winner Christian Advocate gold prize for Methodist doctrinal statement, Francis Asbury Centenary, Louisville‡.
Married Effie Richardson, September 22, 1898 (deceased).; married second, Corey Agnes Stephens, 1946. Children: Cyrus Foss, Wilson Benton, Victorine, John Marcus.