Background
Foster, Virgll Elwood was born on September 24, 1901 in Onawa, Iowa, United States. Son of John Lewis and Laura Rebecca (Malone) Foster.
Foster, Virgll Elwood was born on September 24, 1901 in Onawa, Iowa, United States. Son of John Lewis and Laura Rebecca (Malone) Foster.
Bachelor of Arts, Tabor College, 1923. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1926. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1926, Doctor of Divinity, 1950.
Ordained to ministry Congressional Church, 1926. Minister education Bryn Mawr Community Church, Chicago, 1926-1936. Associate minister Pilgrim Church, St. Louis, 1936-1943, Second Church in Newton, West Newton, Massachusetts, 1943-1946.
Instructor Andover Newton Theological Seminary, part-time 1945-1946. Director religious education Congressional Christian Conference Iowa, Grinnell, 1946-1950. Editor International Journal Religious Education (public by National Council of Churches of Christ in United States of America), New York City, 1950-1966.
Freelance writer and photographer, from 1967. Author: How a Small Church Can Have Good Christian Education, 1956. Close-Up of a Honeybee, 1960.
By Deed and Design, 1961. (with Eleanor Shelton Morrison) Creative Teaching in the Church, 1963. Christian Education Where the Learning Is, 1968.
Also articles religious publications Home: New York City New York.
Married Ruth Griffith, November 22, 1927 (died June 30, 1935).