Bennett Freeman Hall

HALL, BENNETT FREEMAN, minister;  b. Macon, Ga., Nov. 30, 1914;  s. Charles McDonald and Mary Elizabeth (Lyon) H.;  m. Mae Elizabeth Wells, June 2, 1937;  children: Mari, Laura, Louise, Ben.  Student, Bryan U.,  1934-36;  AB, Stetson U., 1938;  ThM, So. Bapt. Theol. Sem., 1943;  postgrad., Jewish Theol. Sem., 1968-71;  ThM, Princeton Theol. Sem., 1975;  DMin, Drew U., 1979.  Ordained to ministry Bapt. Ch., 1936.  Pastor Sale Creek, Tenn., 1935-36, Sorrento, Fla., 1936-38;  pastor Union Gospel Mission, Louisville, Ky., 1938-39, Fayettevilleand Williams, Ind., 1941-42,  Lucerne Park Ch., Orlando, Fla.  Falmouth (Ky.) Bapt. Ch., 1942-44, First Bapt. Ch., Titusville, Fla., 1944-49,  Bay Haven Bapt. Ch., Sarasota, Fla.,  1950-53, SouthSide Bapt. Ch., Bradenton, Fla., 1954-67,  Somerset Hills Bapt. Ch., Bernardsville, N.J.  (Now in Basking Ridge, N.J.), N.J., 1967-79,  First Bapt. Ch., Lexington, Ky., 1982-85;  trustee Bapt. Bible Inst., Fla., 1949-59;  mem. state mission bd. Fla. Bapt. Conv., 1957-59;  dean, tchr. extention dept. Stetson U., 1960-64;  evangelist Jamaica Crusade, 1966;  missions com. Met. N.Y. Bapt. Assn., 1968-72,  chmn. constn. and credentials com., 1972-77;  tchr., sem. extension Met. N.Y. Assn., 1976-78;  adv. bd. Cumberland Coll., Williamsburg, Ky., 1982-91.  Chmn. ARC, Titusville, 1944-46;  mem. Mental Health Orgn., Bradenton, 1964-66.  Home: 293 S Main St Winchester KY 40391-2471  (859)744-2625  Two great statements, learned in college, have been the guiding principle of my life:  The Socratic challenge: "Follow the truth wherever it leads."  The other; "Learn to distinguish between the spiritual ointment and the spiritual receptacle."

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