Background
Scherer, Melanchthon G. G. was born on March 16, 1861 in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Review Simeon and Sarah Scherer.
Scherer, Melanchthon G. G. was born on March 16, 1861 in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Review Simeon and Sarah Scherer.
Bachelor of Arts, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, 1881, A.M., 1886, Doctor of Divinity, 1902.
Ordained ministry Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1883. Pastor Grafton, West Virginia, 1886-1890, Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, 1890-1893, Concord, North Carolina, 1893-1896.
President North Carolina College, 1896-1899. Pastor Newberry, South Carolina., 1899-1901. Theological professor, 1901-1904.
Pastor Charleston, South Carolina., 1904-1918. President United Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, 1914-1918. Secretary United Lutheran Church in America, since 1918.
Delaware to World Conference on Faith and Order, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1927 (member continuation committee).
Author: (with Frederick H. Knubel) Our Church, 1924.
Member continuation com.
Married Alice M. Ehrman, October 20, 1886.