| Birth: | Seminary Hill (Ft. Worth), TX, March 5, 1916 |
| Education: | Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC, 1933-35, A. A. |
| Baylor University, Waco, TX, 1935-37, B. A. | |
| Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1938-41, Th. M. | |
| Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1946-50, Ph.D. | |
| Post-Doctoral: | SMU, Dallas, 1953-54 |
| Catholic University of America, 1971 | |
| Family: | Married to Jeanette Allard of Vienna, IL , 1942 |
| Five children; six grandchildren, one great-grandson | |
| Experience: | Pastor, First Baptist Church, Harrisburg, IL, 1941-43 |
| Chaplain, U. S. Army, European Theater, 1943-46 | |
| Pastor, Phillips Memorial Baptist Church, Brandenburg, KY, 1946-49 | |
| Pastor, Central Baptist Church, Marshall, TX, 1949-51 | |
| Pastor/Dean of Bible, Buckner Childrens Home, Dallas, TX, 1951-53 | |
| Founder and Director, Baylor University Extension Division, Dallas, TX, 1955-59 | |
| Interim Pastorates, Dallas Baptist Association, 1955-60 | |
| Director of Ed. & Asstistant Pastor, Park Cities Baptist Church, 1960-70 | |
| Assistant Director, Interfaith Witness Department, HMB, Atlanta, GA, 1970-1981 | |
| Director, Northwest Center of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Portland , OR., 1982-84 | |
| Adjunct Professor of Missions, S.E. Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986 | |
| Adjunct Professor of Greek, Memphis Theological Seminary, 1989-91 | |
| Other: | Represented Baptist Press Association at the Synod of Bishops Meeting, Rome , Italy , 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980 |
| Writings: | Primer of New Testament Greek, Privately Published,1958 |
| Advanced Bible Study, Sunday School Board, SBC, Jeremiah, 1971 | |
| Advanced Bible Study, Sunday School Board, SBC, The Prophets, 1973 | |
| Pamphlets for Interfaith Witness Department, 1971-81 | |
| "A Baptist View of Authority" in A Pope for All Christians, Peter J. McCord, Ed., Paulist Pr, 1976 | |
| Introducing Southern Baptists, Their Faith and Their Life, Paulist Press, 1981 | |
| Harmony Among Christians, A Model Other than Structural Union, Glad River Publications, 1992 | |
| Articles in several Baptist and Roman Catholic periodicals | |
| A Biblical Study Of The Two Covenants, Privately Published, 1997 | |
| The Wheel of Salvation, Privately Published, 2000 | |