James Lamar McElhany
James Lamar McElhany was a Seventhday Adventist minister and administrator. He was President of the General Conference from 1936 to 1950. He was a pioneer seventhday minister in the Far East Division missionary work.
Mr. McElhany was born near Santa Maria, California on January 3, 1880 to James Lamar Sr. and Mary McElhany. James parents had joined the SeventhDay Adventist church before his birth, and he was baptized into church membership at the age of 15. in 1900 he began studies at Healdsburg College, where he decided to become a minister.
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