The McGees' first child, a daughter named Ruth Margaret McGee, was born prematurely and died when she was a few hours old. McGee and his wife moved to Pasadena, California, where he accepted the pastorate at the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1941. He served Presbyterian churches in Decatur, Georgia Nashville, Tennessee and Cleburne, Texas, where he met and later married Ruth Inez Jordan. McGee's first church as a pastor was located on a red-clay hill in Midway, Georgia. McGee's ordination occurred on June 18, 1933, at the Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. The bank manager for whom McGee had earlier worked paid for his seminary education. Īfter attending Southwestern at Memphis, he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary and Master of Theology and Doctor of Theology degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. Before entering the ministry, Vernon worked as a bank teller. After his father's death, Vernon's family relocated to Tennessee. His father held many jobs, his last one being an engineer at a cotton mill in Oklahoma, where he died in 1918 when Vernon was 14 years old. McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, to itinerant parents, John McGee and Carrie McGee (née Lingner). Biography Childhood, education, and early ministry John Vernon McGee (J– December 1, 1988) was an American ordained Presbyterian minister, pastor, Bible teacher, theologian, and radio minister. Founder and teacher of the "Thru the Bible" radio program.
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