Orval John Nease (1891–1950) was a minister, Nazarene General Superintendent, and president of Pasadena College. He was the brother of Floyd W. Nease, also a Nazarene college president.
Early life and education[edit]
Nease was born December 25, 1891, in Nashville, Michigan, the son of William O. Nease, a Nazarene evangelist. He received his bachelor's degree from Pasadena College in 1916, a master's degree from Boston University in 1925, and a doctor of divinity from Pasadena College in 1931.[1]
Career[edit]
He was pastor of the First Churches of the Nazarene in Malden, Massachusetts, Columbus, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan. He served as president of alma mater Pasadena College.
He was also a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene first elected in 1940.[2] He has the distinction of being the only member of the Board of General Superintendents ever removed. He was re-elected to the General Superintendency in 1948.[2]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Weber, Herman C. (1933). Yearbook of American Churches: A record of religious activities in the United States for the year 1932. Round Table Press, Inc. Universal Digital Library barcode 133732.
- ^ a b THE SECOND WORK OF GRACE, Edited and Compiled by David Shelby Corlett, Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House (1950), 34. Accessed Mar. 10, 2009