Background
Newlin, Ora Allen was born on September 18, 1875 in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. Son of Absalom L. and Nettie (Sowers) Newlin.
Newlin, Ora Allen was born on September 18, 1875 in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. Son of Absalom L. and Nettie (Sowers) Newlin.
Graduate Brown’s Business College, Decatur, Illinois, 1895. Graduate theological department Findlay (O.) College, 1900. Doctor of Divinity, Defiance (O.) College, 1917.
Founder, 1902, president until 1909, Collegiate Institute, Fort Scott, Kansas. Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1900. Engaged in evangelistic work since 1909.
President Interdenominational Evangelistic Association, 1924-1925, and since 1927. Chairman Winona Bible Conference. Member board directors Winona Lake Institutions.
Moderator North Florida Presbytery, 1941. Commissioner to General Assembly Presbyterian Church, United States of America, 1942.
Author: Strangers to God, 1917. Great Things of the Bible, 1919. The Hoosier Pen (poetry), 1935.
Member board directors Winona Lake Institutions. Served as Young Men’s Christian Association secretary, World War. Member International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association.
Married Lena May Sheets, June 26, 1900. Children: Clyde Kenneth (deceased), Dwight Wendell (deceased), Ruth Elizabeth.