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Retired Pastor Profile
Victor W. Skaggs (Pastor Vic) was born in
Plainfield, NJ, on October 5, 1918. He grad-
uated from Teaneck High School in 1936.
After high school, he attended Salem College,
graduating in 1940. Before graduation, he
married Ardale Coon on June 25, 1939.
Ardale graduated from this life on February
2, 2001.
Pastor Vic has four children: Nina (Karhnak),
Janice (Kenyon), Lynn (Severance), and
Patrick. He also has many grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
After graduation from Salem College,
Pastor Vic graduated from the Alfred
School of Theology in 1943. It was during
his time at Alfred that he began his pastoral
ministry in Berea, WV. Later he served
churches in Piscataway, NJ; Little Genesee,
NY; Verona NY; Albion and Milton Junction,
WI; Alfred Station, NY; North Loup, NE; and
Plainfield, NJ.
Pastor Vic has also served SDBs by teaching
at the Alfred School of Theology, serving on
the TCC, becoming the first Dean of the
Center on Ministry, and writing two Bible
study books on 1 Peter and 2 Peter for the
CEC.
Due to complications from being struck by
lightning in 1975 while serving at Camp
Paul Hummel, Pastor Vic retired from active
pastoring in 1983. He continues to teach
Sabbath School and Bible studies as he is
able, even to this day at the age of 97.
Over the course of 2016, the Committee on Support and Retirement and the General Conference wish to highlight the
eleven current retirees in our Old Pastors Retirement Plan, formerly called P.R.O.P. (Pastors Retirement Offering Project),
to bring awareness to our continued need to meet the obligations set forth by the terms of these plans in honor to their
service to Seventh Day Baptists.
If you wish to contribute to honoring the service of these individuals, you can make a donation by giving online with a
mention towards COSAR at
seventhdaybaptist.ministrygive.com
or by mailing a check to:
COSAR, PO Box 1678, Janesville, WI 53547.
THANK YOU for your generous support!
Victor W. Skaggs
1944
2013
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