Arthur Kent White

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Arthur Kent White (March 15, 1889–September 16, 1981) was a Pentacostal Bishop, and the president of the Pillar of Fire Church in Zarephath, New Jersey. The church was started by his mother, Alma Bridwell White, in Denver, Colorado.

Arthur White was born in Colorado in 1889 to Alma Bridwell and Kent White (1860–1940), and he had a brother, Ray Bridwell White. Arthur later attended and graduated from Columbia University, and later from Princeton University. He married Kathleen in 1914, and had the following children: Arlene White (1916–1990), who married a Lawrence, and was a bishop at Zarephath, New Jersey; Horace White (1920–??), who lived in California; Constance White (1924–??); and Pauline White (1927— ), reverend, who married Robert B. Dallenbach, bishop, in Denver, Colorado. White was president of Alma White College from 192l 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 seven books.

[edit] Selected coverage in the New York Times

New York Times, June 27, 1946; page 21. "Bound Brook, New Jersey; June 26, 1937 (AP) Bishop Alma White, founder of the Pillar of Fire Church and author of thirty-five religious tracts and some 200 hymns, died here today at the headquarters of the religious group at near-by Zarephath. Her age was 84."
New York Times, November 6, 1946; "Ray Bridwell White; Pillar of Fire Church Leader, Son of Late Bishop, Dies."
New York Times, September 18, 1981; "Bishop Arthur White, 92, Dies; Headed Pillar of Fire Church. Bishop Arthur K. White, president and general superintendent of the Pillar of Fire Church in Zarephath, New Jersey, died Monday at his home in Zarephath. He was 92 years old."