30 April 1998 A.D. QUARRYVILE, PA: Rev. Dr. Prof. John W. Sanderson Passes
30 April 1998 A.D. QUARRYVILE, PA: Rev. Dr. Prof. John W. Sanderson Passes Archivist. “April 30: Dr. John W. Sanderson.” This Day in Presbyterian History. 30 Apr 2015. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2015/04/april-30-2/ . Accessed 30 Apr 2015. April 30: Dr. John W. Sanderson Some Pastors Are Born Teachers. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 19, 1916, John W. Sanderson later attended Wheaton College, graduating with the BA degree in 1937. He then attended Faith Theological Seminary, earning the Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1940 and the Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1945. In 1949 he earned an MA degree from the University of Pennsylvania. A final degree, the Doctor of Divinity degree, was awarded by Geneva College in 1966. Rev. Sanderson was licensed and ordained in 1940 by Chicago Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church. His first pastorate was at the First Bible Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, Missouri, serving there from 1940 until 1943. He was the ...