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J. Harold Smith (June 14, 1910 – November 13, 2001) was a Southern Baptist evangelist and founder of Radio Bible Hour, "broadcasting the Gospel of Jesus Christ since 1935". [citation needed] Smith was born in Woodruff, South Carolina. On September 4, 1932, he claims to have received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour, resulting in ...
Oliver Boyce Greene (February 14, 1915 – July 26, 1976) was an American Independent Fundamental Baptist evangelist and author. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was saved on September 9, 1935, at the age of 20. Greene was ordained as a Baptist minister at Morgan Memorial Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina on July 24, 1939.
Isaac Backus (January 9, 1724 – November 20, 1806) was a leading Baptist minister during the era of the American Revolution who campaigned against state-established churches in New England. Little is known of his childhood.
James Manning (October 22, 1738 – July 29, 1791) was an American Baptist minister, educator and legislator from Providence, Rhode Island.He was the first president of Brown University and one of its most involved founders, and served as minister of the First Baptist Church in America.
The Orrs evangelised in Australia (1939), China, Canada and the United States of America. In 1939 Orr enrolled at Northwest University. On 15 January 1940 he was ordained at Newark, New Jersey, into the Baptist Christian ministry. He received his MA from Northwest University in 1941, and his Th.D. from Northern Baptist Seminary in 1943.
James Bruton Gambrell (1841–1921) was an American Confederate veteran, Southern Baptist minister, editor and university president. He served as the President of Mercer University from 1893 to 1896, and as the President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1917 to 1920.
Portrait of Gilbert Beebe. Gilbert Beebe (1800–1881) was an American Baptist minister (of the Old School, Particular or often referred to as the Primitive Baptist Persuasion); a printer and editor, (founded the Signs of the Times periodical) and was, for 35 years, Pastor of the New Vernon Primitive Baptist Church of New York.
Jones joined Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961, splitting from conservative Baptist churches and forming the Progressive National Baptist Convention. He was known for being an outspoken and prophetic critic. In the 1960s, Al Sharpton, a Pentecostal minister at the time, was introduced to Jones. F. D. Washington. Jones became a mentor to Sharpton ...