George Ragland
[Picture from 1923 brochure]
George Ragland, the newly elected Moderator, [of the Kentucky Baptist Association], was born in Richmond, Virginia, August 4, 1876, the son of John F. Ragland, and Alice Ragland. He was converted in young boyhood, and baptized into the membership of the Pine Street Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia, by J. B. Hutson, who was pastor of the church forty-five years. Young Ragland received the A. B. degree from Richmond College in 1896 and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1921. Dr. Ragland was Professor of Greek in Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1901-1910, and Professor of Ancient Languages in Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1910-1922. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry, November 22, 1922 in the First Baptist Church, Lexington, with Dr. George W. Truett, Dallas, Texas, presiding. The ordained preacher at once became pastor of this church, and was in the 24th year of his pastorate when elected Moderator of the General Association.
========= [From Frank M. Masters, A History of Baptists in Kentucky, 1953, p. 544. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]
---------------Dr. George Ragland, pastor of the First Church, Lexington, was for years the successful teacher of Greek in Baylor University and later at Georgetown College. It was while he occupied the position at Georgetown that he was called, though not an ordained minister, to take charge of his present field. [Provided by Ben Stratton, Farmington, KY.]
---------------Dr. George Ragland was ordained to the ministry by order of the church in 1922, and became pastor and is now in the 27th year of service (1949). The church numbered 1082 members in 1948.
========= [From Frank M. Masters, A History of Baptists in Kentucky, 1953, p. 544. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]
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