John Edward Gardner

Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

1917 - 2003

 

                     

Candidate
October 3, 1935 - Hopewell Presbytery

Licentiate
October 2, 1936 - Hopewell Presbytery

Ordained
March 26, 1937 - Hopewell Presbytery

Schools attended:
Sharon High School - Sharon, Tennessee graduated 1935
Bethel College - McKenzie, Tennessee B.A. 1939
Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary - McKenzie, Tennessee B.D. 1942
McCormick Theological Seminary - Chicago, Illinois Th.M. 1945
Union Theological Seminary - Richmond, Virginia Th.D. 1955

Churches Served:
Good Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Dukedom, Tennessee [Hopewell Presbytery] 1937-1938
Mt. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Ramer, Tennessee [Madison Presbytery] 1938-1941
Whiteville Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Whiteville, Tennessee [Madison Presbytery] 1939
Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Kossuth, Mississippi [Madison Presbytery] 1940-1941
Kenton Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Kenton, Tennessee [Obion Presbytery] 1941-1943
Campbell Park Presbytery Church - Chicago, Illinois 1943-1945
Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Sharon, Tennessee [Hopewell Presbytery] 1948
Martin Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Martin, Tennessee [Hopewell Presbytery] 1949
Kenton Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Kenton, Tennessee [Obion Presbytery] 1949-1961
Dresden Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Dresden, Tennessee [Hopewell Presbytery] 1961-1964

 

Professor of Homiletics and Christian Education - Memphis Theological Seminary 1945-1984
Moderator of the 121st General Assembly 1951
Member on the General Assembly's Board of Publication and Christian Education 1946-1954
Delegate to World Presbyterian Alliance 1959
Member of the General Assembly's Committee on Book of Common Worship 1960
Member of the General Assembly's Board of Christian Education 1962-1971
Member of the General Assembly's Committee on the Ministry 1962-1968
Member of the General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Theological Studies 1976-1979
Member of the General Assembly's Committee to Revise the Confession of Faith 1977-1983

Moderator - West Tennessee Synod 1962-1963

Moderator - Hopewell Presbytery

Publications

Books:

"A Survey of Historical Material in the Cumberland Presbyterian Vault at Bethel College." B. Div. thesis, Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1939.

Handbook for Committees on the Ministry. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1964.

Personal Religious Disciplines. Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1966.

Articles:

"Why Am I a Christian?" The Cumberland Presbyterian (January 11, 1940): 3.

"The Crisis Broken." The Cumberland Presbyterian 115 (April 22, 1943): 8-9.

"The Minister's Study: Aids in Sermon Preparation." The Theological Medium 1 (March 1949): 5-6.

"The Functional Values of Common Worship." The Theological Medium 1 (November 1949): 1-4.

"Guiding Principles for an Effective Program of Evangelism." The Cumberland Seminarian 3 (Fall 1955): 1-4.

"Corporate Worship." The Cumberland Seminarian 8 (Spring 1961): 1-5.

"The Small Church: Some Problems and Assets." The Cumberland Seminarian 9 (Winter 1961): 1-6.

"Preaching With Authority: 'Who Says?'" The Cumberland Seminarian 20 (Fall and Winter 1981-82); 3-14.

"Preaching With Judgment: 'You Think So?'" The Cumberland Seminarian 20 (Fall and Winter 1981-83): 15-25.

"Relevance: 'So What?'" The Cumberland Seminarian 20 (Fall and Winter 1981-82): 26-36.

"With Credibility: Why Me?" The Cumberland Seminarian 20 (Fall and Winter 1981-82: 37-47.

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