Arthur Kent White
| Arthur Kent White | |
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| 2nd General Superintendent of the Pillar of Fire Church | |
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In office 1946–1981 |
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| Preceded by | Alma Bridwell White |
| Succeeded by | Arlene White Lawrence |
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| Born |
March 15, 1889 Denver, Colorado |
| Died | September 16, 1981 (aged 92) Zarephath, New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) |
Kathleen Merrell (m. 1914; her death 1973) Bertha White |
| Children | Arlene White Lawrence |
| Parents | Alma Bridwell White |
| Relatives | Ray Bridwell White, brother |
| Education |
Columbia University (A.B., 1915) Princeton University (M.A., 1917) Alma White College (D.D., 1927) |
Arthur Kent White (March 15, 1889 – September 16, 1981) was a bishop, and the general superintendent of the Pillar of Fire Church in Zarephath, New Jersey and the president of Belleview College. The church was started by his mother, Alma Bridwell White, in Denver, Colorado.
He was born in Colorado in 1889 to Alma Bridwell and Kent White (1860–1940), and he had a brother, Ray Bridwell White.
Arthur attended and graduated from Columbia University with an A.B. in 1915. He later attended and graduated from Princeton University, and he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Alma White College in 1927. He married Kathleen Merrell White in 1914, and had the following children: Arlene White (1916–1990), who married Jerry 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), who married Robert Barney Dallenbach, in Denver, Colorado.
White was president of Alma White College from 1921 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 at least seven books. His wife died on April 1, 1973 and he remarried.
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