He is the namesake of the T. B. Maston Foundation,[1] which was begun by several former students who received their doctorates in Christian Ethics under Dr. Maston, including A. Jase Jones, Bill Pinson, Jimmy Allen, James Dunn, and Foy Valentine.
In 1920, he married Essie Mae McDonald, and enrolled in Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Fort Worth, Texas where he earned a Master of Religious Education.
In 1932 he entered Yale University where he majored in Christian ethics under Richard Niebuhr, and received a Ph.D. in 1939.
He returned to Southwestern seminary where he developed a graduate Doctor of Theology degree in Christian Ethics.
Through his efforts and example, Christian ethics became a field of study in every Baptist seminary, Christian Life Commissions[3] became common nationally, and race relations, sensitivity to the poor, and women's rights in the Southern Baptist Convention improved as a result.