Walter Nelson Roberts

Background

Roberts, Walter Nelson was born on August 17, 1898 in Lewisburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Alvadore and Hannah (Hornaday) Roberts.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Otterbein College, 1921, Doctor of Laws, 1959. Bachelor of Divinity, Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Dayton, O., 1924. Student Yale Division School, 1924-1925.

Doctor of Philosophy, Hartford Seminary Foundation (Kennedy School of Missions), 1932.

Doctor of Divinity, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1939, Moravian Theological Seminary, 1957. Student Union Theological Seminary, 1946-1947.

Career

Ordained minister U.B. Church, August, 1924. Missionary Philippine Islands, 1925-1930, superintendent of mission, 1927-1930. Professor philosophy and religions Union Seminary, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1928-1930, acting executive secretary National Christian Council, Philippine Islands, 1929.

Pastor Fort McKinley Church, Dayton, 1932-1938.

Participant-time professor practical theology Bonebrake Theological Seminary, renamed United Theological Seminary, 1935-1938, president, 1938-1965.

Achievements

• Walter Nelson Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Filipino Church Part 1. Backgrounds and Beginnings Part 2. An Emerging Church The Story of The Development of an Indigenous Evangelical Church in the Philippine Islands as revealed in the Work of "the Church of the United Brethren in christ"
  • The Filipino church;: The story of the development of an indigenous evangelical church in the Philippine Islands as revealed in the work of "the Church of the United Brethren in Christ"

Membership

Member general board Christian education Evangelical U.B. Church Delaware to 1st general assembly World Council of Churches, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1948, New Delhi, 1961. Served Students Army Training Corps, 1918. Club: Lions.

Connections

Married Marjorie Miller, August 22, 1922. Children: Edna Mae, Janet, Charles, Edward, Richard.