Background
Shaffer, John Jay was born on November 23, 1937 in Ludlow, Illinois, United States. Son of George H. and Bernice H. (Radley) Shaffer.
Shaffer, John Jay was born on November 23, 1937 in Ludlow, Illinois, United States. Son of George H. and Bernice H. (Radley) Shaffer.
Bachelor of Arts Philosophy, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1959. Master of Divinity, Garrett-Evangelical Theological School, 1962.Ordained elder United Methodist Church, 1962.
Pastor churches, Wapella, Saint James and Danville, Illinois, 1957-1962. Pastor Alaska Missionary Conference, Kenai, Chugiak, Juneau-Douglas, Nome, East Anchorage, Sitka, Alaska, 1962, Nome Presbyterian Church, 1975-1981, United Methodist Church of Sitka, 1988. Secretary Alaska Missionary, 1985.
Chairman Hope Retreat Center Committee, Alaska, 1983-1988.
Delegate General conference United Methodist Church, 1980, Western Jurisdictional Conferences, United Methodist Church, 1968, 80. Board of directors Rural Alaska Community Action Agency, 1975-1979.
Candidate for Alaska House of Representatives, 1968. Merrillfellow Harvard University, 1989.
Ordained elder United Methodist Church, 1962. Member of Phi Kappa Phi, Rotary.
Married Barbara Marian Dadd Shaffer, June 16, 1962.