Background
Ashworth, Robert Archibald was born on July 26, 1871 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of John W. and Emma (Gregson) Ashworth.
Ashworth, Robert Archibald was born on July 26, 1871 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of John W. and Emma (Gregson) Ashworth.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1892, Master of Arts, 1894. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1896. Doctor of Divinity, Brown University, 1912.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1896. Pastor Minerva, New York, 1896-1898, Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1898-1900, 1st Church, Meriden, Connecticut, 1900-1911, 1st Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1911-1921, Church of the Redeemer, Yonkers, New York, 1921-1930. Editor of The Baptist, 1930-1933.
Editorial secretary National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1933-1952.
Also member Executive Committee commission on churches abroad, commission on a just and durable peace and chairman committee on publications, of Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America 1916-1946, member department of research and education president Milwaukee Federal of Churches, 1912-1914. Delegate World Conferences on Faith and Order (Lausanne 1927, Edinburgh 1937), Oxford World Conference on Church, Community and State, 1937, Utrecht Conference on World Council of Churches, 1938.
Member American Committee for The World Council of Churches, 1938-1945. Member American Christian Committee for Refugees 1934-1947, Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board of Northern Baptist Convention.
Member of the board of Yonkers Community Chest.
Member board Yonkers Tuberculosis and Health Chairman"s Association Yonkers Social Planning Council.
Member Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Quill (president 1940-1941). Member of executive board of editors, and contributor to The Outline of Christianity.
Married Mabelle Edgerton, October 28, 1902. Children: Katharine Edgerton (Mistress A. G. Baldwin), Dorothy Gregson (Mistress R. H. Nathan).