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==Early Life and Education==

==Early Life and Education==

John R Rice was born in Cooke County, Texas December 11, 1895, the son of William H. and Sallie Elizabeth La Prade Rice. He was the oldest of three siblings. His two younger brothers were Bill and Joe B. Rice.  

John R. Rice was born in Cooke County, Texas December 11, 1895, the son of William H. and Sallie Elizabeth La Prade Rice. He was the oldest of three siblings. He was converted at age 12.  

Rice attended Decatur Baptist College and later graduated from [[Baylor University]] in 1920. He did graduate work at the [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] as well as University of Chicago.  

Rice briefly attended Decatur Baptist College, served in the Army, and graduated from [[Baylor University]] in 1920. He did graduate work at the [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] as well as University of Chicago.  

He is a [[Doctor of Divinity]].<ref>[http://www.rlhymersjr.com/Online_Sermons/2005/120405PM_DefinitePraying.html Definite Praying by Dr. Robert Hymers]</ref>

He is a [[Doctor of Divinity]].<ref>[http://www.rlhymersjr.com/Online_Sermons/2005/120405PM_DefinitePraying.html Definite Praying by Dr. Robert Hymers]</ref>

He took on his first pastorate at First Baptist Church Shamrock, Texas, and later pastored in Dallas Texas. However his first love was evangelism, and a great part of his life was spent doing this.

He took on his first pastorate at First Baptist Church Shamrock, Texas, and later pastored in Dallas Texas. However became a full-time itinerant evangelist in 1926. He collaborated with [[J. Frank Norris]] on an early radio program. Reacting against modernism, Rice broke with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] in 1927.

In 1932 he founded the Funfamentalist Baprist Church in Dallas. In 1934, he founded ''[[The Sword of the Lord]]'', a bi-weekly publication that has grown into the foremost Fundamentalist newsletter in the world.  It vigorously exposed the evils of a liberalism, Catholicism, Communism, the civil rights movement, and

various other vices, including dancing, alcohol, smoking, and motion pictures.

In 1939 he left Dallas for Wheaton, Illinois in 1940, which became the base for ''The Sword'' and for his full-time evangelism. He attacked [[Billy Graham]] for cooperating with liberal ministers in his evangelistic crusades.

In 1934, he founded [[The Sword of the Lord]], a bi-weekly publication that has grown into the foremost Fundamentalist newsletter in the world.

 

Rice moved finally in 1963, at the invitation of his brother Bill Rice, to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, helping out at the [[Bill Rice Ranch]].  

He started The Sword in Dallas, but moved to Wheaton, Illinois in 1940, and finally in 1963, his brother Bill Rice invited him to move to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to help him with his newly founded [[Bill Rice Ranch]].  

John and Bill worked as co-editors of ''The Sword'' until 1978, when Bill died. That same year, John Rice asked [[Curtis Hutson]] to move to Murfreesboro and help him as co-editor of the Sword. Hutson succeeded Rice two years later.

John and Bill worked as co-editors of the Sword until 1978, when Bill died. That same year, John Rice asked [[Curtis Hutson]] to move to Murfreesboro and help him as co-editor of the Sword. Hutson would succeed him two years later.

John R Rice continued diligently editing ''The Sword'' until his death on December 29, 1980.

John R. Rice had a great impact on the world through his early pastoral work, his enormous effort in evangelism, and through his prolific pen by which he earned the nick name "The 20th Century's Mightiest Pen".

John R. Rice had a great impact on the world through his early pastoral work, his enormous effort in evangelism, and through his prolific pen by which he earned the nick name "The 20th Century's Mightiest Pen".

 

==Works==

==Works==

===Books===

===Books===

===Other===

===Other===

''The Rice Reference Bible'' -- Thomas Nelson Inc (June 1975)

''The Rice Reference Bible'' Nashville: Thomas Nelson (1975)

==References==

==References==

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