Heroes Of The Sawdust Trail

From time to time, I will feature a preacher of the past who was greatly used of the Lord. As I display these men of God, may all of us pray that God will raise up a new generation of Bible preachers that can effectively proclaim the Word of God to this generation!

GEORGE BEAUCHAMP VICK
1901 - 1975

George Beauchamp Vick was born in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of a lawyer politician. When young Beauchamp was a year old, his father quit politics and entered Louisville Seminary as a student-pastor. As a young child, Vick assisted his ailing father on pastoral visits, and the experience undoubtedly influenced his later emphasis on the visitation program as the key to church growth.

Vick's first paid position was the superintendency of the young people's department at J. Frank Norris' First Baptist Church of Fort Worth, Texas. Under Vick's dynamic leadership, the department averaged nearly a thousand per Sunday and annually led First Baptist in additions.

In 1929, Vick "hit the sawdust trail" as the advanceman--song leader for Evangelists Wade House and Mordecai Ham. In 1936, Ham held a revival at the Temple Baptist Church in Detroit where Norris was attempting a dual pastorate. Due to the thirteen hundred-mile distance involved, Norris was unable to conserve the results achieved during his visits; and Vick was induced to assume the role of General Superintendent, which due to Norris' protracted absences was tantamount to the pastorate. He became co-pastor in 1948 and sole pastor in 1950.

For nearly forty years Vick led the Temple Baptist Church to the pinnacle of influence among fundamentalists. During that period, he also became President of the World Fundamental Baptist Missionary Fellowship, President of the Bible Baptist Seminary, President of Baptist Bible College, primary founder and titular head of the Baptist Bible Fellowship, leading figure in the Fundamental Baptist Congresses, and the spiritual diplomat who most successfully bridged the gaps between the sundry fundamentalist islands. 

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