Background
Stowe, William Mcferrin was born on January 28, 1913 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Joel and Myra Anderson (McFerrin) Stowe.
Stowe, William Mcferrin was born on January 28, 1913 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Joel and Myra Anderson (McFerrin) Stowe.
AB, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1932. Doctor of Divinity, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1956. Bachelor of Divinity, Duke, 1935.
Doctor of Divinity, Duke, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1938. Doctor of Divinity, Oklahoma City University, 1955.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Southwestern College. Doctor of Laws, Southern Methodist University. Doctor of Laws, Baker University, 1966.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1937, pastor Alta Loma, Texas, 1938-1940, Garden Villas Methodist Church, Houston, 1940-1944. Member staff Board Education, Methodist Church. Director youth work Texas Cont.
Methodist Church, 1940-1944. Director special training enterprises, 1944-1949. Secretary vocational counsel Methodist Church, 1946-1948.
Pastor First Methodist Church, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1949-1951, St. Luke's Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, 1951-1964. Elected bishop, 1964. Bishop The Methodist Church, Kansas Area, 1964-1972, Dallas-Fort Worth, 1972-1980.
Bishop-in-residence Perkins School Theology, Southern Methodist University, 1980-1989. Visiting professor The Iliff School Theological, Denver, summer 1945-1947, Scarritt College, Nashville, 1944-1946. Special lecturer Boston University School Theology, 1945, Perkins School Theology, Southern Methodist University, 1944-1946, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1946-1947, Graduate School Religion, University Southern California, 1946, Gammon School Theology, 1944-1945.
Dean Oklahoma Methodist Pastors' School. Member executive committee Oklahoma Council Churches. President Oklahoma City Council Churches, 1955-1956.
President Oklahoma Conference board education The Methodist Church, member executive committee jurisdictional board education, member co-ordinating council, delegate to world conference, 1956, 61, 66, 71, 76, 81, jurisdictional conference, 1956, 60, 64, delegate general conference, 1956, 60, 64. Member world council. Delegate World Methodist Theological Institute, Oxford, England, 1958, 62, 73.
Executive committee Oklahoma Methodist Conference Council. President Oklahoma Conference Methodist Commission Christian Higher Education, 1956-1960. Member executive committee World Methodist Council.
Member governing board National Conference Churches. President Texas Conference Churches, 1976-1977.
Trustee Southern Methodist University, Southwestern University, Huston-Tillotson College, Lydia Patterson Institute, Perkins School Theology, Texas Wesleyan College, 1972-1980. Member Sigma Chi (Significant Sig award 1972) Clubs: The Mokus (Boston). Lodges: Masons.
Married Twila Farrell, July 28, 1943. Children: William McFerrin, Twila Gayle Stowe Keighley, Martha Elizabeth.