Background
Mills, Liston Oury was born on August 7, 1928 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Leonard Liston and Ruby Preston (Oury) Mills.
Mills, Liston Oury was born on August 7, 1928 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Leonard Liston and Ruby Preston (Oury) Mills.
Bachelor, Davidson College, 1950. Bachelor's Degree, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1953. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1957.
Doctor of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1964.
Assistant pastor, 5th Avenue Baptist Church, Huntington, West Virginia, 1957-1958;
pastor, Kent (Indiana) Baptist Church, 1960-1962;
successively instr, assistant professor, associate professor, Vanderbilt University Division School, Nashville
Oberlin Alumni professor pastoral theology and counseling, Vanderbilt University Division School, Nashville, since 1962;
Alexander Heard distinguished service professor, Vanderbilt University Division School, Nashville, 1991-1992;
acting dean, Vanderbilt University Division School, Nashville, 1989;
Oberlin alumni professor emeritus, Vanderbilt University Division School, Nashville, 1998. Visiting professor Earlham Graduate School Theology, Richmond, Indiana, 1965, St. Luke's School Theology, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1972, 73, 74, 85, Southern Baptist Theol.Sem., 1980, Lexington (Kentucky) Theological Seminary, 1981. Visiting lecturer Yale University Division School, New Haven, 1969.
Consultant Tennessee Department Mental Health, Nashville, 1964-1965, Tennessee Personnel Department, Nashville, 1967-1968, VA Medical Center, Nashville, since 1972, Chief of VA Chaplains, Washington, 1975, 78. Ingersoll lecturer Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971. Upperman lecturer Tennessee Technological U., Cookeville, 1973.
Stringfellow lecturer Drake U., Des Moines, 1974. Norton lecturer Vanderbilt Division School, 1989, 98.
Board of directors Family and Children's Svc., Nashville, 1978-1981, Tennessee Pastoral Counseling Centers, Nashville, 1984-1991, 93-, St. Thomas Home HealthCare, Nashville, 1986-1989. First lieutenant United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Society for Science Study of Religion, Association for Professional Education for Ministry (president 1972-1974), Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Society for PastoralTheology, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Jennie Ellen Windsor, December 28, 1962. 1 child, Sarah Elizabeth.