Background
Christie, Luther Rice was born on February 3, 1873 in Halifax Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Hervey and Martha Henry (Barfield) Christie.
Christie, Luther Rice was born on February 3, 1873 in Halifax Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Hervey and Martha Henry (Barfield) Christie.
Educated Trinity College, Durham, North Carolina, and Richmond (Virginia) College. Doctor of Divinity, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1910.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1898. Pastor successively Spurgeon Memorial Church, Norfolk, Virginia, Windsor, Virginia, Valdosta, Georgia, 1st Church, Columbus, Georgia, 1909-1917. General secretary Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, 1917-1918.
Pastor 1st Church, Savannah, Georgia, 1918-1922, 1st Church, Meridian, Mississippi, 1922-1926, Ponce de Leon Church, Atlanta, Georgia., 1926-1933, Fourth Avenue Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1933-1935, First Church, Tallahassee, Florida, since 1935.
Vice-president Georgia Baptist Convention, 1907. President Home Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention, 1928-1929.
Mason.
Married Blanche Wilson, June 21, 1899. Children: Mistress T. M. Forbes, J. Thomas.