Background
Mitchell, Virgil Allen was born on April 21, 1914 in Six Mile, South Carolina, United States. Son of Electronic Arts and Mozelle (Davis) Mitchell.
Mitchell, Virgil Allen was born on April 21, 1914 in Six Mile, South Carolina, United States. Son of Electronic Arts and Mozelle (Davis) Mitchell.
Th.B., Central (South Carolina.) Wesleyan College, 1943; postgraduate, High Point (North Carolina) College, 1946; Doctor of Divinity, Houghton College, 1964.
Ordained to ministry, Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1939;
pastor in, Walhalla, South Carolina., 1937-1939;
pastor in, Westminster, South Carolina., 1937-1940;
pastor in, Oakway, South Carolina., 1939-1940;
pastor in, Cateeche and Central, South Carolina., 1940-1946;
pastor in, Glenwood, South Carolina., 1946-1949;
teacher Bible, Central Wesleyan Methodist College, 1943-1944, 46-48;
president, South Carolina. conference Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1949-1957;
national assistant secretary home missions and church extension and evangelism, Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1957-1959;
national secretary church extension and evangelism, Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1959-1963;
general superintendent, Wesleyan Methodist Church American, 1963-1968;
general superintendent, Wesleyan Church (merger Wesleyan Methodist and Pilgrim Holiness Churches), 1968-1984;
general supervisor, emeritus, board pension, Wesleyan Church (merger Wesleyan Methodist and Pilgrim Holiness Churches), since 1984. Official visitor 9th World Methodist Conference, 1956. Member South Carolina.
Board Christian Action, 1949-1957. President South Carolina. Wesleyan Youth Society, 1943-1945, 47-49.
President Southern Area Youth, 1945-1947. Member World Methodist Council, 1968-1984. Official visitor 13th Methodist Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 1976.
Board of directors Central Wesleyan College, 1950-1957, 84-, vice chairman, 1954-1957. Vice chairman of the board of trustees Hephzibah Children's Home, Macon, Georgia, since 1984, chairman, since 1988. Member National Association Evangelicals, National Holiness Association (board directors).
Married Mary Parks, March 24, 1937. Children— Walter Allen, Marilyn (Mistress Alton C. Hollingsworth), Martha Theresa (Mistress James Funnell).