Background
Elliott, John Franklin was born on June 11, 1915 in Neosho, Missouri, United States. Son of William Marion and Charlotte Jeanette (Crump) Elliott.
Elliott, John Franklin was born on June 11, 1915 in Neosho, Missouri, United States. Son of William Marion and Charlotte Jeanette (Crump) Elliott.
Student, Maryville College, 1933-1935; Bachelor of Arts, Austin College, 1937; postgraduate, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1937-1938; postgraduate, U. Tennessee, 1938; postgraduate, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1939-1940; Bachelor of Divinity, Columbia Theological Seminary, 1942; Master of Divinity, Columbia Theological Seminary, 1971; Doctor of Literature (honorary), International Academy, 1954.
Founder, Emory Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, 1941;
founder, Wildwood Presbyterian Church, Salem, Virginia, 1950;
pastor, Wylam Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1942-1947;
assistant professor, Southeastern Bible College, 1942-1943;
pastor, Salem Presbyterian Church, 1947-1951;
pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church Indiana, Fort Worth, 1952-1986;
founder, pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church Indiana, Roanoke, Virginia, 1951-1952;
dean, director, Fort Worth Bible Institute, 1952-1955;
founder, headmaster, Colony Christian School, Fort Worth, 1968-1986;
founder director, Grace Ministries, Fort Worth, since 1986. Ministerial advisor board directors Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi, 1973-1983. Chaplain Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974.
Board directors Graham Bible College, 1966-1974, Scripture Memory Fellowship International, 1979-1984, Messianic Ministry to Israel, Inc., Chattanooga, 1989-1993. Some-time chaplain Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals. Founder, president, associate professor Bible, Covenanter Theological Seminary, Nagaland, Myanmar, since 1993.
Board directors, president Salem (Virginia) Nursing Association, 1949. Charter member Fellowship Indiana Evangelical Churches, since 1951, president, 1967, national secretary, 1971. Founder, director Fort Worth Home Bible Classes, since 1954.
Director Spanish Publications, Inc., 1969-1995, emeritus, since 1995. Board directors Indiana Board for Presbyterian Home Missions, 1956-1974. District committeeman Longhorn council Boy Scouts American, Fort Worth, 1960-1966.
Board directors Union Gospel Mission, Fort Worth, 1965-1970, president, 1968. Member United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Fort Worth, 1967-1991. Pilot, chaplain, colonel Civil Air Patrol, Fort Worth, 1970-1992, chairman national chaplain committee, 1979-1980, first chief of chaplains, 1980-1982.
Fellow Philosophical Society Great Britain (Victoria Institute), Royal Geography Society, Huguenot Society London. Member United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (charter), American Yad Vashem Memorial Museum, Rotary (president 1988-1989).
Married Winifred Margaret Key, July 6, 1939. Children: Paul Timothy, Stephen Marion, Andrew Daniel.