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- ↑ Gospel Outreach website, Freemasonry and Christianity, by Alva J. McClain
- 1 2 Family Search website, Alva J McClain
- ↑ Charis Fellowship website, Chuck Winter Tells ‘The Rest of the Story’ on McClain, article dated November 23, 2011
- ↑ Grace Theological Seminary website, Dr Alva McClain; Herald of Grace, by Andrew Jones, April 8 1958
- ↑ Grace Theological Seminary website, Dr Herman A. Hoyt; Laborer of Grace, by Andrew Jones, August 23, 1969
- ↑ Dallas Theological Seminary website, New Scofield Reference Bible Editorial Committee Records, 1954-1961, page 2
- ↑ Grace Theological Seminary website, Legacy Giving: McClain Heritage Society
- ↑ GoodReads website, Alva J. McClain
- Norman B. Rohrer, A Saint in Glory Stands: The Story of Alva J. McClain, Founder of Grace Theological Seminary (BMH Books, 1986)
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