Background
West, Raymond M. was born on October 16, 1862 in Shiloh, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hosea Davis and Sarah (Wescott) W.: Bachelor of Arts, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, 1889, Master of Arts, 1892.
West, Raymond M. was born on October 16, 1862 in Shiloh, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hosea Davis and Sarah (Wescott) W.: Bachelor of Arts, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, 1889, Master of Arts, 1892.
Graduate Crozer Theological Seminary, 1892. Doctor of Divinity, Denison, 1907.
Student pastor, Warrensville, Pennsylvania, 1886-1889, 3d Church, Camden, New Jersey, 1889-1890, Summer Saint Mission of 1st Church of Philadelphia, 1891-1892. Ordained Baptist ministry, June 1892. Pastor Lehigh Avenue Church, Philadelphia, 1892-1903, 1st Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1903-1908, Park Avenue Church, Rochester, New York, 1908-1915.
Executive secretary New Jersey Baptist Convention, Newark, 1915-1920.
Executive secretary life work department of board of promotions of Northern Baptist Convention, 1920-1921. Pastor Lewisburg (Pennsylvania) Baptist Church and student pastor, Bucknell University, September 1, since 1921.
Trustee Minnesota State Convention, 1903-1908, Rochester Theological Seminary, since 1910, Bucknell University, since 1923. Official representative Northern Baptist Convention War Commission in New Jersey, 1917-1919.
Member General Board Promotion of Northern Baptist Convention, and of Administrative Committee, 1919-1920.
Member board of managers, Pennsylvania Baptist General Convention, since 1924. Home: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Member General Board Promotion of Northern Baptist Convention, and of Administrative Committee, 1919-1920. Member board of managers, Pennsylvania Baptist General Convention, since 1924.
Married Harriet Eldredge, June 6, 1892. Children: Ethel Egbert, Russell Eldredge.