Paul Porter Oral History

Paul Porter Oral History

Disciples of Christ Church, Baptist tradition

Oral history interview with Reverend Paul Porter conducted by Aspen Grender by phone on May 11, 2016. This interview features Reverend Paul Porter, a minster in the Disciples of Christ Church in Independence, Kansas. Porter discusses his frequent changes in location as a child of a military family, his religious upbringing in the Baptist tradition and waning involvement in Baptist services after college, his travels overseas in the Navy and exposure to various religious and cultural traditions, and his eventual pursuit of a Masters of Divinity in his thirties before becoming a minister in the Disciples of Christ denomination.

Religion in Kansas Project

Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas

5/11/2016

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Recording, oral

Lawrence, KS

Grender, Aspen

Porter, Paul