Background
Arters, John Manley was born on August 13, 1877 in Deals Island, Maryland, United States. Son of Joseph Allen and Nancy (Smith) Arters.
Arters, John Manley was born on August 13, 1877 in Deals Island, Maryland, United States. Son of Joseph Allen and Nancy (Smith) Arters.
Graduate Wilmington Conference Academy, Dover, Delaware, 1896. Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, 1899, Doctor of Divinity, 1929.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1899. Pastor Fairlee, Maryland., 1899-1901, Odessa, Delaware, 1902-1904, Wilmington, Delaware, 1904-1908, Portland, Maine, 1911-1914, Rumford, Maine, 1915-1917. Delaware state superintendent Anti-Saloon League, 1908-1911.
Superintendent Portland district Maine Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1919-1925.
General secretary Maine Council Religious Education, 1925. Pastor Clark Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Portland, Maine, 1925-1928.
Pastor Grace Church, Bangor, Maine, 1929-1932. Superintendent Bangor district, Maine Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1933-1939.
Leave of absence, 1939.
Secretary general conference Methodist Episcopal Church, 1928-1940.
Served with Young Men's Christian Association, in army camps in the United States during World War.
Married Anna Louise Morris, April.