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John Monroe “Monk” Parker (June 23, 1909 – July 17, 1994), was a Baptist evangelist, college president, and mission board director. ==Childhood and Education== Parker was born in Thomasville, Alabama and was reared in Edgewood and Chillicothe, Texas where his father worked in a dry goods store. Nevertheless, many of his uncles were Baptist ministers. In 1922 the family moved back to Thomasville, and Parker began working at a soda fountain and delivering newspapers while attending Thomasville High School, where despite his size, he proved a respectable football player. In 1927, Parker matriculated at Birmingham Southern College, where he "dropped the pretense of religion," played football, and spent most of the rest of his time “frolicking, drinking, dancing, and running around with a wild gang.”〔Daniel L. Turner, ''Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University'' (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 2001), 298; Parker, 54.〕 After being caught in prank by students at a rival college and having his hair shaved off, a friend nicknamed him “Monk,” a name that followed him through his evangelistic career. Parker was converted in the Methodist church when he was nineteen. The same week he attended a lecture on “The Perils of America” given by Bob Jones, Sr., and in 1928, he transferred to Bob Jones College near Panama City, Florida. Parker became captain and quarterback of the successful, if underchallenged, BJC football team, and he was also elected president of the student body and president of the Student Ministerial Association.〔Parker, 67, 85.〕 At BJC he met Harriette Stollenwerck, a cousin of Jones’s wife, and they were married in 1934. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monroe Parker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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