Luther Rice was an American Baptist minister who, after a thwarted mission to India, returned to America where he spent the remainder of his career raising funds for missions and advocating for the formation of a unified Baptist missionary-sending body, which culminated in establishment of the Baptist Triennial Convention. He also raised funds to establish Columbian College in Washington, D.C.
Luther Rice Silhouette ca1830 cut by Emily Redd of Ruther Glenn, Caroline County, Virginia.
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States. The SBC is a cooperation of fully autonomous, independent churches with commonly held essential beliefs that pool some resources for missions.
First Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina
Gillfield Baptist Church was the largest Black American congregation within the Portsmouth Association of the Triennial Convention, preceding the north–south split and formation of Southern Baptists
First African Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky
First African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia, constructed 1856
