Background
Ainslie, Peter was born on June 3, 1867 in Dunnsville, Virginia, United States. Son of Peter and Rebecca Etta (Sizer) Ainslie.
Ainslie, Peter was born on June 3, 1867 in Dunnsville, Virginia, United States. Son of Peter and Rebecca Etta (Sizer) Ainslie.
Educated Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1886-1889. Doctor of Divinity, Drake University, 1911, Yale University, 1914. Doctor of Laws, Bethany College, West Virginia.
Temporary supply, Newport News, 1889-1891. Pastor Baltimore, since 1891. Under his administration new building erected known as Christian Temple, and 9 branch churches established.
Editor Christian Union Quarterly, since 1911.
Founder 1899, Girls’ Club, on self-governing basis for girls from rural districts Trustee Disciples Division House (University of Chicago). Trustee Church Peace Union, founded by Andrew Carnegie.
Delegate to Church Peace Conference, Constance, Germany, 1914, Hague, 1919, Geneva, 1920, Copenhagen, 1922. Life and Work Conference, Stockholm, 1925.
Member international committee of World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship Through the Churches.
President Association for Promotion Christian Unity, 1910-1925. President Christian Unity League for Equality and Brotherhood, 1927, and member of its 8 nation-wide conferences. Member deputation appointed by Protestant Episcopal Church to visit Great Britain in interest of World Conference on Faith and Order, 1913-1914.
Member Lausanne Conference, 1927.
Editorial board Encyclopedia Britannica, 1927. Author: Religion in Daily Doings, 1903.
Studies in the Old Testament, 1907. Among the Gospels and the Acts, 1908.
God and Maine, 1908; My Brother and I, 1911.
The Unfinished Task of the Reformation, 1910. Introduction to the Study of the Bible, 1910. The Message of the Disciples for the Union of the Church (Yale Lectures), 1913.
Christ or Napoleon—Which? 1915.
Working with God, 1917. If Not a United Church—What? 1920.
Christian Worship (with H. C. Armstrong), 1923. The Way of Prayer, 1924.
The Scandal of Christianity, 1929.
Some Experiments in Living, 1933. Home: Baltimore, Maryland.
Member internat; member of its 8 nation-wide conferences. Member deputation appointed Member Lausanne Conference
Married Mary Elizabeth Weisel, June 30, 1925. Children: Mary Elizabeth, Peter.