Background
Kraybill, Paul Nissley was born on June 7, 1925 in Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Rutt and Esther (Nissley) Kraybill.
Kraybill, Paul Nissley was born on June 7, 1925 in Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Rutt and Esther (Nissley) Kraybill.
Bachelor, Eastern Mennonite College, 1955.
Assistant secretary, Eastern Mennonite Board Missions and Charities, Salunga, Pennsylvania, 1953-1958; overseas secretary, general secretary, Eastern Mennonite Board Missions and Charities, 1958-1970; executive secretary, study commission on church organization, Eastern Mennonite Board Missions and Charities, 1970-1971; general secretary, Mennonite Church General Board, Rosemont, Illinois, 1971-1977; executive secretary, Mennonite World Conference, 1990-1992; president, Mennonite Health Association, 1990-1992; member, board directors, Mennonite Christian Leadership Foundation, Landisville, Pennsylvania, 1980-1992; secretary, Council Mission Board Sections, Rosemont, Illinois, 1962-1974; member, Presidium Mennonite World Conference, 1967-1973; president, Mennonite Housing Aid, Inc., Lombard, Illinois, 1975-1981; ordained to ministry, 1981. Member of Executive Committee, vice chairman and trustee American Leprosy Missions, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1967-1980. President Tamarack Retirement Residences, Inc., 1985-1991.
Member American Society Missiology.
Married Jean Kulp Metz, December 22, 1951. Children: Mary Jean, Dale Edward, Linda Sue, Carol Ann, Karen Louise.