Background
Ranck, John Allan was born on August 16, 1912 in New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George S. and Mabel (Hoover) R.: Bachelor of Arts, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1934.
Ranck, John Allan was born on August 16, 1912 in New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George S. and Mabel (Hoover) R.: Bachelor of Arts, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1934.
Bachelor of Divinity, Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Dayton, O., 1937. Master of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1942. Doctor of Divinity, Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, 1949.
Ordained to ministry Evangel. United Brethren Church, 1937. Pastor in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1937-1946.
Director young people’s work Evangel.
United Brethren Church, 1946-1953. Associate general director, then general director department education for mission National Council Churches, 1953-1967, executive assistant to general secretary council, 1967-1973, associate general secretary for program planning, 1973-1975, associate executive stewardship, 1975-1979.
Lecturer Yale Division School, 1955-1967. Author: Living as a Christian, 1951.
Education for Mission, 1961.
The Ranks of the Rancks: A Ranck/Rank Family History and Genealogy, 1978. Home: Montclair, New Jersey.
Married Mildred Arlene Stauffer, June 22, 1937. Married second, Kathleen Clements, July 1, 1972. Children: Mary (Mistress Edmund J. Slezosky), Ruth (Mistress James T. Heath), Kathleen (Mistress Philip Jones), Ardythe (Mistress Robert Cross).