Luther Rice
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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 fo
Luther Rice Silhouette ca1830
Southern Baptist Convention
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The Southern Baptist Convention, alternatively the Great Commission Baptists, is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization, the largest Protes
Luther Rice
…Baptist missionary-sending body, which culminated in establishment of the Baptist Triennial Convention (which later split with the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention). He also raised funds to establish Columbian College (now George Washington University) in Washington, D.C. Rice was born March 25, 1783, in Northborough…
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