OPC Congregational & Ministerial Registry

James Oliver Buswell Jr.

d. 1977-02-03

Ordination

Seminary Education

InstitutionDegreeYear
McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, ILB.D.1923
Dallas Theological SeminaryD.D.1927

Other Positions

RoleOrganizationYears
Withdrew toPresby. of Chicago
Withdrew toBPC, St. Louis/Columbus Synod
U.S. Army Chaplain1918–1919
Perseverance PCUSA, Milwaukee, WI1919–1922
Recd. bySouth Classis of Long Island1922
Grace RCA, Brooklyn, NY1922–1926
Recd. byPresby. of Chicago1926
President and Professor of Philosophy and BibleWheaton College, Wheaton, IL1926–1940
Constituting MemberPCA/OPC1936
Recd. byPrCH1936
Professor Apol. and Systematic TheologyFaith Theological Seminary, Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia, PA1940–1947
PresidentNational Bible Institute (later Shelton College), New York, NY1941–1955
BPC, Haddonfield, NJ1956
Professor PhilosophyCovenant College, St. Louis, MO1956–1964
Professor, Systematic TheologyCovenant Theological Seminary1956–1970

Publications

Presbyterian Guardian; Problems in the Prayer Life (1928); Unfulfilled Prophecies (1937); The Philosophies of F.R. Tennant and John Dewey (1950); Christian View of Being and Knowing (1960); Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion (1968), several more