Methodist leader. Bishop Holt was consecrated Bishop in 1938 and served six years as Bishop in Texas and eastern New Mexico before returning to St. Louis in 1944, where he presided as Methodist Bishop of Missouri until his retirement in 1959. Born in Arkansas, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University and taught Greek and Latin for three years before being ordained in the Methodist Church in 1909. He later organized University Methodist Church in University City, Missouri before becoming pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where he remained until 1913. He then went to Southern Methodist University as a professor of Old Testament and Chaplain and then came to St. John's Methodist Church in St. Louis as pastor, a position he held until his election as Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1938. When the Methodist factions were unified in 1939, he was made Bishop of the Methodist Church and remained in that capacity until his retirement in 1959.
In his universal ministry, he served at various times as president of the World Methodist Council, which he founded, the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church, the Federal Council of Churches and as one of six co-presidents of the World Council of Churches. In 1939 he was a representative at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, which sought to prevent war. He was named "Christian of the World" as the churchman who had done the most to promote world friendship through religion in 1956.
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Rev. Ivan Lee Holt, who as educator, author and minister of the gospel has made valuable contribution to intellectual and moral progress of Missouri and the south west, is now pastor of the St. John's Methodist Episcopal church in St. Louis. He was born in De Witt, Arkansas county, Arkansas, January 9, 1886, and is a son of Robert Paine and Ella (Thomas) Holt. Liberal educational opportunities were accorded him. He was graduated from the Fordyce (Ark.) Training School with the .class of 1901 and from Vanderbilt University in 1904 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied in the University of Chicago from 1907 until 1910 and in 1909 he received from that institution the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The year 1911 was largely spent in travel and study in Europe and thus as opportunity has offered he has constantly broadened his knowledge through advanced university work.
In his universal ministry, he served at various times as president of the World Methodist Council, which he founded, the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church, the Federal Council of Churches and as one of six co-presidents of the World Council of Churches. In 1939 he was a representative at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, which sought to prevent war. He was named "Christian of the World" as the churchman who had done the most to promote world friendship through religion in 1956.
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Rev. Ivan Lee Holt, who as educator, author and minister of the gospel has made valuable contribution to intellectual and moral progress of Missouri and the south west, is now pastor of the St. John's Methodist Episcopal church in St. Louis. He was born in De Witt, Arkansas county, Arkansas, January 9, 1886, and is a son of Robert Paine and Ella (Thomas) Holt. Liberal educational opportunities were accorded him. He was graduated from the Fordyce (Ark.) Training School with the .class of 1901 and from Vanderbilt University in 1904 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied in the University of Chicago from 1907 until 1910 and in 1909 he received from that institution the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The year 1911 was largely spent in travel and study in Europe and thus as opportunity has offered he has constantly broadened his knowledge through advanced university work.
Methodist leader. Bishop Holt was consecrated Bishop in 1938 and served six years as Bishop in Texas and eastern New Mexico before returning to St. Louis in 1944, where he presided as Methodist Bishop of Missouri until his retirement in 1959. Born in Arkansas, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University and taught Greek and Latin for three years before being ordained in the Methodist Church in 1909. He later organized University Methodist Church in University City, Missouri before becoming pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where he remained until 1913. He then went to Southern Methodist University as a professor of Old Testament and Chaplain and then came to St. John's Methodist Church in St. Louis as pastor, a position he held until his election as Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1938. When the Methodist factions were unified in 1939, he was made Bishop of the Methodist Church and remained in that capacity until his retirement in 1959.
In his universal ministry, he served at various times as president of the World Methodist Council, which he founded, the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church, the Federal Council of Churches and as one of six co-presidents of the World Council of Churches. In 1939 he was a representative at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, which sought to prevent war. He was named "Christian of the World" as the churchman who had done the most to promote world friendship through religion in 1956.
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Rev. Ivan Lee Holt, who as educator, author and minister of the gospel has made valuable contribution to intellectual and moral progress of Missouri and the south west, is now pastor of the St. John's Methodist Episcopal church in St. Louis. He was born in De Witt, Arkansas county, Arkansas, January 9, 1886, and is a son of Robert Paine and Ella (Thomas) Holt. Liberal educational opportunities were accorded him. He was graduated from the Fordyce (Ark.) Training School with the .class of 1901 and from Vanderbilt University in 1904 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied in the University of Chicago from 1907 until 1910 and in 1909 he received from that institution the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The year 1911 was largely spent in travel and study in Europe and thus as opportunity has offered he has constantly broadened his knowledge through advanced university work.
In his universal ministry, he served at various times as president of the World Methodist Council, which he founded, the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church, the Federal Council of Churches and as one of six co-presidents of the World Council of Churches. In 1939 he was a representative at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, which sought to prevent war. He was named "Christian of the World" as the churchman who had done the most to promote world friendship through religion in 1956.
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Rev. Ivan Lee Holt, who as educator, author and minister of the gospel has made valuable contribution to intellectual and moral progress of Missouri and the south west, is now pastor of the St. John's Methodist Episcopal church in St. Louis. He was born in De Witt, Arkansas county, Arkansas, January 9, 1886, and is a son of Robert Paine and Ella (Thomas) Holt. Liberal educational opportunities were accorded him. He was graduated from the Fordyce (Ark.) Training School with the .class of 1901 and from Vanderbilt University in 1904 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied in the University of Chicago from 1907 until 1910 and in 1909 he received from that institution the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The year 1911 was largely spent in travel and study in Europe and thus as opportunity has offered he has constantly broadened his knowledge through advanced university work.
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