Union University Now Boasts R.G. Lee Shrine

[Jerome]

Baptist school in Tennessee is celebrating preacher's 131st birthday next week with ribbon cutting of his relocated childhood home from South Carolina, featuring "the cradle in which Lee was placed as a baby":

Union to open R.G. Lee birthplace Nov. 11

A piece of Southern Baptist history has been moved to the campus of Union University. On Nov. 11, the university will open the renovated birthplace of R.G. Lee, which has been moved to Union's campus in Jackson, Tenn.

"R.G. Lee was a leading statesman among Southern Baptists...said Nathan Finn, dean of Union's School of Theology and Missions."...."Payday Someday might be the most famous sermon ever preached by a Southern Baptist," Finn said. "He preached it over 1,200 times at churches and conferences all over America."

Lee...served as the pastor [of Bellevue Baptist in Memphis] for 33 years, from 1927 to 1960. During his time as pastor there, he was elected as president of the SBC....members at Bellevue who knew Lee donated all of the money for the project.

 

[Jerome]

News coverage over the weekend:

Famous pastor's home moved to Union University - WBBJ TV

JACKSON, Tenn. — A piece of Southern Baptist history that has been moved to the campus of Union University opened its doors to the public today....[the] cabin that renowned Pastor R.G. Lee grew up in.

A sample of R.G. Lee's preaching, from the 1974 movie The Burning Hell starring Viola Walden (starts right after the opening credits):