Background
Masters, Victor Irvine was born on March 4, 1867 in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Priestley A. and Martha Amelia (Burriss) Masters.
Masters, Victor Irvine was born on March 4, 1867 in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Priestley A. and Martha Amelia (Burriss) Masters.
Bachelor of Arts, Furman U., Greenville, South Carolina., 1888, A.M., 1889, Doctor of Divinity, 1913. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1893.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1889. Past Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1893, 94, Pocahontas, Virginia, 1894-1896. Associate editor Baptist Courier, Greenville, South Carolina., 1896-1905.
Editor and owner Baptist Press, 1905-1907. Associate editor Religious Herald, Richmond, Virginia, 1908-1909. Educational secretary and superintendent publicity, Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, Atlanta, Georgia., 1909-1921.
Editor Home Field (official mission magazine of Southern Baptists), 1909-1917. Editor Western Recorder, Louisville, 1921-1942.
Author: The Home Mission Task, 1912. Baptist Home Missions, 1914. Baptist Missions in the South, 1915.Country Church in the South, 1916. Call of the South, 1918. Making America Christian, 1921.Re-Thinking Baptist Doctrines, 1937.
Member Kappa Alpha, Iota Chapter, Furman U., 1888.
Married Lois Eunice Wickliffe, July 19, 1893. Children: W. Wickliffe, Victor Irvine.