Background
Weaver, Rufus Washington was born on June 3, 1870 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Preston De Kalb and Elizabeth Jane (Forbis) Weaver.
Weaver, Rufus Washington was born on June 3, 1870 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Preston De Kalb and Elizabeth Jane (Forbis) Weaver.
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, Wake Forest College, North Carolina, 1893, Doctor of Divinity, 1912, LL Doctorate., 1918. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1896-1899, Master of Theology, 1898, Doctor of Theology, 1899. Studied, Johns Hopkins, 1905-1906, University of Cincinnati, 1906-1907.
Doctor of Divinity, Bethel College, Kentucky, 1912.
Doctor of Laws, Baylor University, 1920.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1893. Pastor 1st Baptist Church, High Point, North Carolina, 1893-1896, 1st Church, Middletown, Ohio, 1899-1903, Brantly Church, Baltimore, 1903-1906, Mount Auburn Church, Cincinnati, 1906-1908, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 1908-1917. Secretary Christian education of Tennessee Baptist Convention, 1917-1918.
President Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1918-1927.
Correspondent secretary Education Board Southern Baptist Convention, 1927-1928. Chancellor Mercer U. system of colleges and secondary schools, 1920-1925.
Adjunct professor religious education, Biblical department Vanderbilt University, 1913-1917. President education board of Tennessee Baptist Convention, 1912-1917.
President Southern Baptist Ednl.
Association, 1917-1920. President Education Commission, 1919. Trustee South.S. Board, 1909-1918, 1933-1946.
Pastor First Church, Washington, District of Columbia, 1934-1936.
Executive secretary District of Columbia Baptist Convention, 1934-1943. Executive director Luther Rice Centennial Commission.
Chairman Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains, 1935-1941. Member Committee on Finance and Promotion, Northern Baptist Convention, 1934-1943.
Ministers Council 1935-1943.
Member Tennessee Executive Committee Food Administration, 1917-1918. Member Georgia Illiteracy Commission, 1919-1927. Member Georgia State Education Board, 1922-1925.
Member Committee on Education National Council of Boy Scouts since 1922, National Young Men's Christian Association Constitutional Convention, 1923.
Member Theta Chirurgical; Mason (32°. Grand Chaplain of Tennessee, 1909-1911).
Clubs: Cosmos, Palaver, Inter-Church.
Married Mistress.