Background
Atkinson, Ralph was born on October 1, 1871 in Liverpool, England. Son of John and Mary (Finnegan) Atkinson.
educator United Presbyterian Clergyman Moderator United Presbyterian Church 1938
Atkinson, Ralph was born on October 1, 1871 in Liverpool, England. Son of John and Mary (Finnegan) Atkinson.
Student Moody Institute, and McCormick Seminary, Chicago. Doctor of Divinity, Franklin (now Muskingum) College, New Concord, O., 1908. Doctor of Divinity, Sterling College, 1925.
Irene (Mistress Clarence Axtell), Clara (Mistress Ray Gardner Brown), Gordon Campbell. Came to the United States, 1890, naturalized, 1899. Ordained ministry United Presbyterian Church, 1894.
Missionary to Ireland, 1889.
Associated with Dwight L. Moody in evangelical work, 1893. Pastor Fifth Church, Chicago, 1894-1902, First Church, Sparta, Illinois, 1902-1907.
Evangelist, United States and Great Britain, 1907-1909. Pastor First Church, Seattle, Washington, 1909-1916.
Evangelist, 1916-1918.
With Doctor R. A. Torrey, in China, Japan and of Korea, 1919. Teacher of homiletics and evangelism and associate dean Bible Institute, Los Angeles, 1918-1929. Bible conference speaker and evangelist since 1929.
Superintendent missions U. P. Church, Chicago, 1900-1901.
Moderator of Presbytery, Chicago and Southern Illinois. Delegate to General Assembly U. P. Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1890, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1911, Loveland, Colorado, 1915, Cambridge, O., 1922, Washington, District of Columbia, 1927, Pan Presbyterian Alliance, Cardiff, Wales, 1925, Conference on Faith and Order, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1927.
Director Music, Joint General Assemblies of Presbyterian Churches, Atlanta, Georgia., 1913. Chairman of Commission of evangelism, Federation of Churches, Seattle.
Washington, 1911-1914.
Delegate World Conference on Stewardship and Church Finance (Edinburgh), 1931. Superintendent missions Synod of California, 1934-1939. Moderator General Assembly United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1938-1939.
Member Pi Gamma Museum Visited mission fields on trip around world, 1933.
Married Alice Barnett, November 7, 1895.