Reuben Richard Figuhr

Reuben Richard Figuhr

15th President of the General Conference of Seventh day Adventists
In office 1954–1966
Preceded by	William Henry Branson
Succeeded by	Robert H. Pierson
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Born	(1896-10-20)October 20, 1896 Superior, Wisconsin
Died	October 28, 1983(1983-10-28) (aged 87) Napa, California
Profession	Pastor

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Reuben Richard Figuhr was the 15th President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church General Conference . He was born in Superior, Wisconsin, USA October 20, 1896. He served as Adventist President between 1954 and 1966. He married May Belle Holt. Figuhr died in Napa, California on October 28, 1983.^[1]

Biography

Reuben Richard Figuhr was born of Prussian descent on October 20, 1896, in Wisconsin. He served in the Philippines and then as the president of the South American Division, and then at the age of 58, just a year before the evangelical conferences, Figuhr became president of the General Conference (1954–1966).^[2] He became embroiled in a controversy over the publishing of Questions on Doctrine which became the centerpiece event of his administration. At times he was frustrated by how far Le Roy Edwin Froom and M. L. Andreasen were going into the debate over the book. But he stood behind it.

He married May Belle Holt. Figuhr died in Napa, California on October 28, 1983.

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Preceded by William Henry Branson	President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 1954 – 1966	Succeeded by Robert H. Pierson

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Reuben Richard Figuhr

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