Background
Bowen, Kenneth Blount was born on December 25, 1889 in near Plymouth, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Horace Della Estelle (Harrison) Bowen.
Bowen, Kenneth Blount was born on December 25, 1889 in near Plymouth, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Horace Della Estelle (Harrison) Bowen.
Bachelor of Arts, Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, North Carolina, 1912. Bachelor of Divinity, The College of the Bible (fellow in religious education), Lexington, Kentucky, 1917. Master of Arts, Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1918, Doctor of Divinity, 1946.
Merit scholarship Union Theological Seminary, 1918-1920.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1919.
Practice teaching Horace Mann School, 1919-1920. Pastor Central Church Disciples, Auburn, New York, 1920-1925, The Memorial Church Disciples, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1925-1927, The Madison Avenue Church Disciples, Covington, Kentucky, 1927-1945. President The College of the Bible, Lexington, Kentucky, 1945-1948.
Now pastor Morgan Park Christian Church, Disciples, Chicago, Delaware Oxford and Edinburgh, 1937, Conference 1937.
Member War Service committee Disciples of Christ. Member of Executive Committee Federal Council of Churches, New New York Member Pi Kappa Alpha, Theta Phi.
Independent.
Mason. Club: Informal (Lexington).
Married Onnolee Avery, September 4, 1923. Children: Avery, Betsy, Brenda.