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References
- ↑ Who we are Irish Baptist College.
- ↑ 'The Baptist Heritage : Four Century of Baptist Witness' by H. Leon McBeth, B & H Publishing, 2010.
- ↑ The History of the Harcourt Street Baptists by Pastor Louis E. Deens.
- ↑ Brackney, William H. (16 September 2009). The A to Z of the Baptists. Scarecrow Press. p. 306. ISBN 9780810871588.
- ↑ Amazon.co.uk
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