Background
Porter, John William was born on August 8, 1863 in Fayette Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Freeman and Martha Carolina (Tharp) Porter.
Porter, John William was born on August 8, 1863 in Fayette Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Freeman and Martha Carolina (Tharp) Porter.
Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Tennessee, 1882. Th.G., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1893. Doctor of Divinity, Keiche College, Louisiana, 1900.
Doctor of Laws, Union University, Tennessee, 1913.
Practiced law in Tennessee, 1882-1885. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1890. Pastor Germantown, Tennessee, Collierville, Tennessee, Pewee Valley, Kentucky, Maysville, Kentucky, Newport News, Virginia, and Lexington, Kentucky, 1st Church, Lexington, Kentucky, April 1908-1922 (erected new building, said to cover more ground than any other Baptist church in world).
Now pastor Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky Former editor public The Recorder, oldest denominational paper south of Ohio River.
Former editor American Baptist.
The sole basis for faith is the Bible and it is infallible.
Member Anti-Evolution League.
Married Lillian East. Thomas, July 19, 1892. Children: Martha Frances, Mary, Blanche Bettie, John William, Russell Thomas.