Arthur Kent White

Arthur Kent White

Arthur Kent White (March 15, 1889 – September 16, 1981) was a Pentecostal Bishop, and the General Superintendent of the Pillar of Fire Church in Zarephath, New Jersey and the President of Belleview College. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Pillar of Fire Bishop Marks 75th Birthday in Jersey. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A11FC3A5C147A93C4A81788D85F408685F9 |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=March 16, 1964 |accessdate=2007-09-25 ] cite web |url=http://www.belleview-college.org/bc/catalog.0804.pdf |title=Belleview Christian College |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=Bishop Arthur White, who succeeded his brother as president of Belleview College, was also a graduate of Columbia and Princeton Universities. ... Together with his wife, the late Rev. Kathleen M. White, he was responsible for much of the progress of the Christian schools of the Pillar of Fire, of which he was General Superintendent. |publisher= ]

Biography

The church was started by his mother, Alma Bridwell White, in Denver, Colorado. cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bishop Arthur White, 92, Dies. Headed Pillar of Fire Church. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7D71739F93BA2575AC0A967948260 |quote= Bishop Arthur K. White, president and general superintendent of the Pillar of Fire Church in Zarephath, New Jersey, died Monday at his home in Zarephath. He was 92 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=September 18, 1981 |accessdate=2007-07-21 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bishop Alma White, Preacher, Author. Founder Of Pillar Of Fire Dies At 84. Established Several Schools And Colleges. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40712FF395C14738DDDAE0A94DE405B8688F1D3 |quote=Bound Brook, New Jersey June 26, 1937 (Associated Press) Bishop Alma White, founder of the Pillar of Fire Church and author of thirty-five religious tracts and some 200 hymns, died here today at the headquarters of the religious group at near-by Zarephath. Her age was 84. |publisher=New York Times |date=June 27, 1946 |accessdate=2007-07-21 ] Arthur White was born in Colorado in 1889 to Alma Bridwell and Kent White (1860–1940), and he had a brother, Ray Bridwell White. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ray Bridwell White. Pillar of Fire Church Leader, Son of Late Bishop, Dies. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A16FA3A5C107A93C4A9178AD95F428485F9 |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=November 6, 1946 |accessdate=2007-07-21 ] Arthur attended and graduated from Columbia University, and later attended and graduated from Princeton University. He married Kathleen in 1914, and had the following children: Arlene White (1916–1990), who married a Lawrence, and was a bishop at Zarephath, New Jersey; Horace White (b. 1920), who lived in California; Constance White (b. 1924); and Pauline White (b. 1927), reverend, who married Robert B. Dallenbach, bishop, in Denver, Colorado. White was president of Alma White College from 192l to 1971. He became president of Belleview College and then director of the Alma Bible College in London. He also headed the Pillar of Fire missions in Liberia. He wrote seven books.

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