J. B. Chapman
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James Blaine "J. B." Chapman (1884–1947) was an American minister, academic administrator, and newspaper editor. He served as the president of Arkansas Holiness and Peniel College, editor of the Herald of Holiness, and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Early life and education
Chapman was born 1884 in
Career
He began to preach at the age of sixteen, uniting with the World's Faith Missionary Association of
After enrolling at Peniel in 1910, Chapman instead became president of the Arkansas Holiness College, but returned to Peniel University in 1912 to teach there and became
It was originally the plan to call every school we started a “university”... It was our ultimate aim to have universities and our schools were named according to our vision of future developments. But I am, personally, convinced that we should definitely abandon the idea of building any universities, that we should drop these names from our schools... [Moreover,] it is my conclusion that we... cannot permanently maintain academies and they do not meet our need, that a special Bible school does not meet our needs and that we should express ourselves on this conviction.... That the College, with the necessary fitting school and Bible department[,] is the school that we need and will build."[3]
Chapman would later become editor of the Herald of Holiness from 1921 to 1928 and was then elected general superintendent. He joined the Nazarene community of Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1930,[4] and served as general superintendent until his death in 1947.[5]
A residential dorm on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University is named after Chapman.
Personal life
Through his daughter Lois Catherine (Chapman) Lehrer, he was the grandfather of journalist Jim Lehrer.[6]
References
- ^ a b Baize, Ellen M. (April 1989). The Life and Music of Frederick Harold Chapman: 1909-1974 (unpublished bachelor's thesis). Christopher Newport College, Newport News, VA. https://sail.cnu.edu/omeka/files/original/71f1570afa7fda763c2aad74573e058c.pdf
- ^ a b c Spirit-Filled: The Life of James Blaine Chapman by David Shelby Corlett, Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press
- ^ J.B. Chapman, remarks to the General Board of Education, February 15, 1922. Typescript. In the General Board of Education Collection, Nazarene Archives, file 604–13., found in "Why These Schools? Historical Perspectives on Nazarene Higher Education," by Stan Ingersol Archived June 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. All but one Nazarene college is now named "university" and there is a Nazarene Bible College.
- ^ Cameron, James R. (1968). Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House. p. 205.
- ^ The Second Work of Grace, Edited and Compiled by David Shelby Corlett, Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House (1950)
- ^ "Current.org | Jim Lehrer". current.org. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
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