Luther Rice

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Luther Rice was an early 19th-century American Baptist missionary and organizer who played a key role in promoting foreign missions and unifying Baptist churches in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baptist missionary
Christian minister
human
religious organizer
associatedWith Adoniram Judson NERFINISHED
Ann Judson NERFINISHED
Baptist churches in the United States
birthDate 1783-03-25
birthPlace Northborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
centuryOfActivity 19th century
commemoratedBy Luther Rice College & Seminary NERFINISHED
commemoratedIn Baptist missionary histories
conversionContext study of believer’s baptism while preparing for mission work in Asia
convertedTo Baptist beliefs
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1836-09-25
deathPlace South Carolina NERFINISHED
educatedAt Andover Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
Williams College NERFINISHED
familyName Rice NERFINISHED
givenName Luther NERFINISHED
helpedFound Columbian College NERFINISHED
Columbian College in the District of Columbia NERFINISHED
General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States NERFINISHED
influenced development of organized Baptist foreign missions in America
knownFor advocating for Baptist missionary societies
helping found the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States
helping unify Baptist churches in the United States
organizing support for Adoniram and Ann Judson
promoting foreign Baptist missions in the United States
language English
legacy contributed to national Baptist cooperation in the United States
inspired formation of Baptist mission boards and societies
missionaryWorkLocation Asia NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
name Luther Rice NERFINISHED
nationality American
occupation clergyman
fundraiser
missionary
reasonForReturn to organize financial and denominational support for Baptist missions
religion Baptist
Christianity
returnedTo United States NERFINISHED

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