Mack B. Stokes

Who was Mack B. Stokes?

Marion “Mack” Boyd Stokes was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972. He was born in Wonsan, Korea of missionary parents. He is a graduate of Asbury College, Duke Divinity School, and Boston University. He was a professor of systematic theology and Christian Doctrine at Candler School of Theology at Emory University from 1941 until 1972. After retiring as a Bishop, Stokes served as Associate Dean and Professor of Theology at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died at the age of 100 in 2012.