Vernon Lloyd Shontz

Background

Shontz, Vernon Lloyd was born on June 19, 1889 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Son of Josiah Eby and Elizabeth (Shantz) Shontz.

Education

Student Wilson Academy. Graduate Missionary Institute, Nyack, New New York Student of University of Iowa, summer, 1929, 1930-1932, Divinity School University of Chicago, summer, 1934.

Doctor of Divinity, Northern Baptist Seminary, Chicago, 1936.

Career

Deceased January 1942). Children—Vernon Lloyd, Robert Reitz. Married second, Claire Beale, December 27, 1952.

Came to the United States, 1909, naturalized, 1923.

Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1916. Began as superintendent of boys, Wilson Academy, later pastor at Chesley, Ontario, and Sheraden Church, Pittsburgh.

Pastor Central Church, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1919-1924, First Church, Beckley, West Virginia, 1924-1927, First Church, Muscatine, Iowa, 1927-1935, Central Church, Springfield, Illinois, since 1935. President Iowa Baptist pastors Conference, 1929-1930.

Vice president Iowa Baptist Convention, 1933-1934, president, 1934-1935.

Member board of managers American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1935-1944. Chairman of Commission on ordination, Ministers Council, Northern Baptist Convention, 1937-1940, secretary, 1940-1944. Appointed member Illinois Parole and Pardon Board, 1953.

Trustee Northern Baptist Seminary, 1936-1948.

Trustee Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, since 1945. Chairman Social Service Exchange Board, Springfield, 1940-1941.

Member Executive Committee, Council of Social Agencies, Sangamon County, Illinois, 1940-1941. Member Pastoral relations committee, Illinois Baptist Ministers Council 1942-1946.

Vice-president Illinois Baptist Convention, 1942-1943, president 1943-1944.

Member commission on cooperative unity, Northern Baptist Convention, 1944-1945, president Ministers Council, 1944-1948. Appointed to Illinois State Committee on Religious Education, 1942. Vice president North. Baptist Convention, 1948-1949.

Member Executive Committee Federal Council Churches, 1948.

President Springfield Council of Churches, 1946-1947.

Achievements

• Vernon Lloyd Shontz has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Club: Lions (president, 1946-1947) (Springfield).

Connections

Married M. Bess Reitz, December 12, 1912. Married second, Claire Beale, December 27, 1952. Children: Vernon Lloyd, Robert Reitz.

Father:

Josiah Eby Shontz

Mother:

Elizabeth (Shantz) Shontz

Spouse:

Claire Beale

Spouse:

M. Bess Reitz

child:

Robert Reitz Shontz

child:

Vernon Lloyd Shontz