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Name
  
Mack Stokes


Died
  
November 21, 2012, Perdido Key, Florida, United States

Education
  
Duke Divinity School, Boston University

Books
  
Major United Methodist, The Bible in the Wesleyan, Our Methodist Heritage, The Holy Spirit in the Wesleyan, The epic of revelation

Marion “Mack” Boyd Stokes (December 21, 1911 – November 21, 2012) was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972. He was born in Wonsan, Korea of missionary parents. He is a graduate of Asbury College (A.B. degree), Duke Divinity School (B.D. degree, 1935), and Boston University (Ph.D. degree). He was a professor of systematic theology and Christian Doctrine at Candler School of Theology at Emory University from 1941 until 1972. After retiring as a Bishop, Stokes served as Associate Dean and Professor of Theology at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died at the age of 100 in 2012.

Selected writings

  • The Bible in the Wesleyan Heritage, Nashville, Abingdon, 1981.
  • Major United Methodist Beliefs (Revised and Enlarged), Nashville, Abingdon, 1971 (previous editions: 1955 and 1956).
  • References

    Mack B. Stokes Wikipedia