Background
Lee, Robert Greene was born on November 11, 1886 in Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States. Son of David Ayers and Sarah Elizabeth (Bennett) Lee.
Lee, Robert Greene was born on November 11, 1886 in Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States. Son of David Ayers and Sarah Elizabeth (Bennett) Lee.
Bachelor of Arts, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina., 1913, Doctor of Divinity, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Chicago Law School, 1919. Studied Tulane University, summer.
Doctor of Divinity, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1929.
Doctor of Laws, 1934. Doctor of Letters, Bob Jones College, Cleveland, Tennessee.
Doctor of Divinity, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, 1944, Doctor of Letters, Houghton College Houthton, New York, 1952. m. Bula Gentry, November 28, 1913.
Ordained ministry Southern Baptist Church, 1910. Pastor successively Edgefield and Chester, South Carolina., and First Church, New Orleans. Louisiana, until 1926, Citadel Square Church, Charleston, South Carolina., 1925-1927, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee, since 1927.
President Baptist State Convention of Tennessee, 1932-1935.
Trustee Baptist Bible Institute, New Orleans, 1923-1925, Greenville Woman’s College, Union U. and Bob Jones College President of Southern Bap. Cenvention, 1948-1950.
Baptism is something you do in obedience to God, but it is not essential for salvation. In other words, salvation is something God does for us, while baptism is something we do for God.
Children: Bula Gentry, Roy DeMent.