Background
Villers, Thomas Jefferson was born on May 23, 1861 in Centerville, Virginia, United States. Son of William Villers and Catherine (Dodd) Villers.
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Thomas Jefferson Villers
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Rochester, 1885, Master of Arts, 1891, Doctor of Divinity, 1903. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1888. Doctor of Laws, Denison, 1919.
Career
Rosella; married second. Evelyn M. Prichard, August 8, 1918. ordained Baptist ministry, 1888. Pastor Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1888-1893, First Church, Syracuse, New York, 1893-1898, First Church, Indianapolis, 1898-1906, Peddie Memorial Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1906-1913, 1st Church, Detroit, 1913-1922, 1st Church (White Temple) Portland, Oregon, 1922-1932.
President American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1918-1920. President Indiana Baptist Convention 5 years. Trustee Rochester Theological Seminary 27 years.
Board of managers American Baptist Home Mission Society 9 years. Chairman Commision on Evangelism of Northern Baptist Convention. Chairman commission on standardizing the Baptist Ministry.
Vice president Northern Baptist Convention, 1916-1917. Director religious work of Young Men’s Christian Association at Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas, 1917. President Detroit Baptist Union, 1915.
Vice president. New York Baptist Union for Ministerial Education. Member Executive Committee Linfield College. President Portland Council of Churches, 1923-1925.
Honorary vice president Baptist Education Society of State of New York. Member Executive Committee Oregon Baptist State Convention Preacher Northern Baptist Convention Sermon, Detroit, 1928. Author: The Hurry Call of Jesus, 1928.
The Christ I Know, 1932. Also monographs, Our Baptist Heritage and A Century of Service. Home: Detroit, Michigan Deceased.
Membership
Member Executive Committee Linfield College. Member Executive Committee Oregon Baptist State Convention Preacher Northern Baptist Convention Sermon, Detroit, 1928.
Connections
Married Rose Stanley Merriam, October 25, 1888 (died 1907).; married second.
