Background
Caudill, Robert Paul was born on July 8, 1904 in Dockery, North Carolina, United States. Son of Calvin Millard and Lousina Sernetta Elizabeth (Myers) Caudill.
Caudill, Robert Paul was born on July 8, 1904 in Dockery, North Carolina, United States. Son of Calvin Millard and Lousina Sernetta Elizabeth (Myers) Caudill.
Graduate, Mars Hill College, North Carolina, 1927. Bachelor cum laude, Wake Forest College, North Carolina, 1929. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1934.
Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1942. Doctor of Divinity, Mississippi College, 1950.
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1925. Pastor rural and village churches North Carolina and Kentucky, 1927-1935, First Baptist Church, Carrollton, Kentucky, 1935-1937, Augusta, Georgia, 1937-1944, pastor Memphis, 1944-1975, emeritus, since 1975. Distinguished visiting professor New Testament interpretation and writer in residence Palm Beach Atlantic College, since 1979.
Guest preacher Baptist Hour, Columbia Church of Air. Trustee Laubach Literature, Inc., 1964-1976. Member committee world peace Southern Baptist Convention, since 1959.
Chairman relief committee Baptist World Alliance, 1947-1960, member executive committee, 1950-1960. Member Baptist World Missions Commission, 1950-1960. President Tenn Baptist Convention, 1957-1958, member executive committee, 1970-1976.
President American Baptist Relief, 1947-1960. Trustee annuity board Southern Baptist Convention, 1956-1959. Past chairman Baptist World Missions Trust Fund.
Executive committee, chairman finance committee Southern Baptist Convention, 1944-1952. President Greater Memphis Baptist Pastors Conference, 1966.
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Founding president Judeo-Christian League for Decency, 1961. Board directors American Relief for Korea, 1952-1954. Member National Council United States Committee for Refugees, 1960.
24 mission journeys in various parts of world in interest applied Christianity. Past president board trustees, chairman executive committee Foundation for World Literacy. Board directors United Tennessee League, Inc., since 1946, president, 1967-1970.
Board directors Tennessee Baptist Press, 1957-1958. Trustee Mercer University, 1940-1944, Union University, 1945-1958, 65-68, Baptist Memorial Hospital, 1947-1958, 60-66, 70-76, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, 1954-1956. Founding chairman board directors, chairman executive committee Memphis Transitional Center, 1973.
Chairman Tennessee Interfaith Committee to Oppose Legalized Gambling, 1973. Founding chairman Memphis Literacy Council, 1974-1975. Member advisory council Hawaii Baptist Academy, since 1975.
Chairman steering committee Memphis 1st War on Poverty Committee, 1965. Commissioned honorary chaplain with rank of rear admiral Lower Half United States Navy Chaplain Corps, 1969. Member Alumni Association Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (president 1947), Golden Bough Honor Society, Gamma Epsilon Tau, Pi Kappa Delta.
Clubs: Rotary (Memphis), Crosscut (Memphis), Executives (Memphis).
Married Ethel Fern Alderton, March 23, 1929. Children: Netta Sue, Robert Paul, Mary Jane (deceased), David Alderton, Mary Fern.