Background
Chafer, Lewis Sperry was born on February 27, 1871 in Rock Creek, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Lois Lomira (Sperry) Chafer.
Chafer, Lewis Sperry was born on February 27, 1871 in Rock Creek, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Lois Lomira (Sperry) Chafer.
Preparatory education, New Lyme (O.) Academy, 1885-1888. Student Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, 1889-1892. Completed ministerial studies under Review Frank E. Fitch, Doctor of Divinity, 1900.
Doctor of Divinity, Wheaton (Illinois) College, 1926. Doctor of Letters, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1942. Doctor of Theology (honoris causa), Faculte Libre de Theologie Protestante, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1946.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1900. Traveling evangelist, 1900-1914. Bible lecturer, 1914-1924.
Founder, 1924, and since president and professor systematic theology, Dallas (Texas) Theological Seminary.
Author: Satan, 1909
True Evangelism, 1911. The Kingdom in History and Prophecy, 1915. Salvation, 1916
He That Is Spiritual, 1918.Grace, 1922
Major Bible Themes, 1926. The Ephesian Letter, 1935. Systematic Theology, 1847 (8 vols.).Also numerous pamphlets. Contributor to religious journals: editor Bibliotheca Sacra.
Married Ella Loraine Case, April.