Background
Lipphard, William Benjamin was born on October 29, 1886 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Review William Augustus and Martha (Liefield) Lipphard.
Lipphard, William Benjamin was born on October 29, 1886 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Review William Augustus and Martha (Liefield) Lipphard.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1908, Master of Arts, 1910. Bachelor of Divinity, Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1920. Doctor of Divinity, Franklin College, 1932.
Doctor of Letters (honorary) Ottawa (Kansas) University, 1949.
Assistant secretary American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1913-1919, recording secretary, 1918-1933, associate secretary, 1919-1933, associate editor Missions.” 1922-1932, editor, 1932-1952. retired as editor emeritus for life. Secretary program committee American Baptist Convention, 1928-1932 Member board of managers American Baptist History Society Relief work Europe in cooperation with and Canada Relief work in Europe in cooperation with American Relief Adminstration, 1920-1921. Delegate to Baptist World Congress, Stockholm, 1923, Toronto, 1928.
Berlin (Germany), 1934, Atlanta, 1939, Copenhagen (Denmark), 1947, Cleveland, 1950, London, 1955.
World Conference on Church and State, Oxford, 1937, World Conference on Faith and Order, Edinburgh, 1937, World Council Churches, Holland, 1948. Evanston, Illinois, 1954.
Visited Far East, 1925. In the interests of mission work.
England, 1928, in interest of John Bunyan Tercentenary.
Soviet Russia, 1930, Germany, 1933, Mexico, Italy, 1935, Rumania, 1937, Czechoslovakia, 1938, in special study of conditions. Secretary World Relief Committee of American Baptist Convention, 1940-1952. Church press Republican United Nations Conference, San Francisco, 1945.
United States War Corresponding, Germany, 1946.
Member Foreign Policy Association, American Committee World Council Churches Received Church Press award, 1951, for eminence in editorial writing. Fellow American Geographical Society. Member of New York Baptist City Society (life), Alpha Sigma Phi.
American Baptist History Society (vice president 1948-1950).
Married Helen Stella Dickinson, October 15, 1914. Children: Dickinson, Stella Doctorate. (Mistress Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Clarke).