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- ↑ William H. Brackney, Congregation and Campus: Baptists in Higher Education, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 377
- ↑ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 278
- ↑ W. Glenn Jonas Jr., The Baptist River, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 217
