| | '''Monroe Elmon Dodd, Sr.''' (September 8, 1878 – August 6, 1952), was an [[United States|American]] [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who was a pioneer [[radio]] preacher, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the founder of the former Dodd College for Girls, and the president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 1934 to 1935. He is considered the father of the SBC Cooperative Program for the funding of foreign missionaries.<ref name=dict>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-d/|title=Dodd, Monroe Elmon|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=March 8, 2020}}</ref> | | '''Monroe Elmon Dodd, Sr.''' (September 8, 1878 – August 6, 1952), was an [[United States|American]] [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who was a pioneer [[radio]] preacher, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the founder of the former Dodd College for Girls, and the president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 1934 to 1935. He is considered the father of the SBC Cooperative Program for the funding of foreign missionaries.<ref name=dict>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-d/|title=Dodd, Monroe Elmon|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=March 8, 2020}}</ref> |