Kershner was educated at Kentucky University and Princeton University. As an educator he served as president of Milligan College (Tennessee) and Texas Christian University. He served as editor of the Christian-Evangelist and as book editor of the Christian Standard. He was professor of Christian Doctrine at Drake University, and the founding dean of Butler University's School of Religion (now Christian Theological Seminary), where he chaired the Department of Christian Doctrine. For over a decade he served as Chairman of the Commission on Restudy of the Disciples of Christ.
Moderate and irenic by temperament he sought to maintain good relationships with leaders from both the right and left within the Stone-Campbell Movement. Kershner was educated at Kentucky University and Princeton University. As an educator he served as president of Milligan College (Tennessee) and Texas Christian University. He served as editor of the Christian-Evangelist and as book editor of the Christian Standard. He was professor of Christian Doctrine at Drake University, and the founding dean of Butler University's School of Religion (now Christian Theological Seminary), where he chaired the Department of Christian Doctrine. For over a decade he served as Chairman of the Commission on Restudy of the Disciples of Christ.
Moderate and irenic by temperament he sought to maintain good relationships with leaders from both the right and left within the Stone-Campbell Movement. ...more