tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200874992011-04-21T19:18:56.367-07:00Dr. William E. Dowell was pastor of High Street Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri from 1940 to 1962 when the church average 3,300 in attendance and he was the founding President of Baptist Bible Fellowship in 1950.Billy Hammnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20087499.post-1135232335058566722005-12-21T22:18:00.000-08:002005-12-26T08:07:29.093-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1091/540/1600/drdowell1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1091/540/320/drdowell1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>W. E. Dowell, Sr.<br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">1914-2002<br /></div> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Dr. William E. Dowell served as pastor of High Street Fundamental Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri from 1941 to 1963. Under his leadership the church grew to an average attendance of 2,500 and telecast its morning services on local stations. In 1950, Dr. Dowell was elected President of the new Baptist Bible Fellowship and High Street became the first location of Baptist Bible College.<br /><br />He left Springfield to pastor Jacksonville (Florida) Baptist Temple for five years then returned to serve as Executive Vice President of Baptist Bible College. In 1974, he became pastor of Baptist Temple while serving at BBC. He retired from the church in 1988 as Pastor Emeritus. After the death of Dr. G. B. Vick in November, 1975, Dr. Dowell became President of Baptist Bible College and served for nine years. From 1984 until his death in 2002, he served as Chancellor of BBC and in his honor the Trustees of the school named the field house (largest building on campus) after him.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20087499-113523233505856672?l=wedowell.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billy Hammnoreply@blogger.com