Background
Wallace, John Sherman was born on February 23, 1877 in Linn Company, Oregon, United States. Son of Pharaoh Lindsay and Ava Elizabeth (McBee) Wallace.
Wallace, John Sherman was born on February 23, 1877 in Linn Company, Oregon, United States. Son of Pharaoh Lindsay and Ava Elizabeth (McBee) Wallace.
Bachelor of Arts, McMinnville (now Linfield) College, 1901, Doctor of Divinity, 1930. Bachelor of Divinity, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1904. University of Washington, 1904-1906, Master of Arts, 1906.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1904. Pastor South Tacoma Church, 1904-1905, 6th Avenue Church, 1905-1909, Tacoma, Washington. Professor Bible public speaking McMinnville College, 1909-1917.
Acting pastor 1st Church, Carleton, Oregon, 1910-1913, 1st Church, McMinnville, 1914-1915, 1st Church, Amity, Oregon, 1915-1917.
Pastor Immanuel Baptist Church, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1918-1921, 1st Baptist Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1921-1923. Editor young people’s South.S. publications, American Baptist Publication Society, since 1923.
President Oregon B.Y.P.U., 1911-1912. Board of managers Wisconsin Baptist Convention, 1921-1923.
President Alumni Rochester Theological Seminary, 1924-1925.
Author: What of the Church?, 1911. The Real Imitation of Christ, 1912. True Wealth, or What Is He Worth?, 1913.
The Life of the Christian (4 parts), 1924.
The World a Field for Christian Service (4 parts), 1925. A Quiet Talk with God Each Day, yearly, since 1927.
The Bible in the Church School (2 vols), 1929. Worship in the Church School, 1930.
Writer of Young People's Class, and Young People's Teacher, quarterlies, American Baptist Publication Society, 1918-1923.
Chautauqua and lyceum lecturer. Home: Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Married Grace Michael, July 24, 1901. Children: Sherman LeRoy, Theodore Barton.