Fuller, Charles Edward, 1907 - .

Charles Edward Fuller was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 23, 1907 to John Charles and Elizabeth Kohn Fuller. He grew up in the Cheltenham township and graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1925. After graduating from Dickinson Seminary in 1926 he became a supply pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his B.A. in Bible and Theology from Juniata College in 1936. In 1938 he received both a M.A. in History and Literature of Religion from Northwestern University and a M.Div. from Garrett Theological Seminary. Fuller completed his formal education with a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Northwestern University in 1955.

Fuller was a Methodist pastor and missionary as well as a scholar. He was received on trial in 1930 in the Central Pennsylvania Conference and into full connection in 1933. In the Central Pennsylvania Conference he served the charges of Riddlesburg and Burnt Cabins, and he served the Cherry Tree charge in the Western Pennsylvania Conference. Fuller also served charges in the Missouri East Conference in the 1950s. From 1939 to 1951 he served as a missionary in southeast Africa including Mozambique from 1939 to 1942, South Africa from 1942-1945, and Southern Rhodesia where he was Superintendent of Schools from 1947 to 1951. The Methodist missionary was also the associate editor of The Africa Christian Advocate during his tenure in Southern Rhodesia.

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