Background
Henderson, Theodore Sommers was born on May 14, 1868 in Milburn, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Henry and Louisa Elizabeth (Sommers) Henderson.
pastor bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Henderson, Theodore Sommers was born on May 14, 1868 in Milburn, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Henry and Louisa Elizabeth (Sommers) Henderson.
Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, New Jersey, 1885-1888. Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1892. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, 1895.
Doctor of Divinity, Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, 1909.
Doctor of Laws, Lawrence College, 1912, Nebraska Wesleyan, 1912. Connecticut Wesleyan, 1921.
Ohio Northern University, 1925.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1894. Pastor Rockville Center, Connecticut, 1893-1894. Associate pastor James Church, Brooklyn, 1894-1896.
Pastor Flushing, 1896-1898, Simpson Church, Brooklyn, 1898-1904, East Side Parish, New York, 1904, Stamford, Connecticut, 1905-1906.
General field secretary General Conference Common for Aggressive Evangelism, 1906-1908. Pastor Hanson Place Church, Brooklyn, 1908-1912.
Bishop Methodist Episcopal Church, May 21, since 1912. Trustee Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio Northern University, White Cross Hospital (Columbus, Ohio), Methodist Children’s Home (Worthington, O.).
Executive secretary War Council Methodist Episcopal Church, 1917-1918.
Home: Cincinnati, O.
Married Dora Mooney, July 31, 1896.