Gospel preacher and educator.
R. C. Bell was the second president of Thorp Christian College. Robert Clark Bell was born near Bell Buckle, Tennessee, March 20, 1877, and raised on the farm. He attended the public schools till nineteen, when he entered the Nashville Bible School. At the age of 15 he was led to Christ under the preaching of E.A. Elam, August 22, 1897. At a little school house near Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, where he was soon to open a school, he began preaching, and continued to do so the remainder of his life. In 1901 he entered Potter Bible College, where he remained as student-teacher for four years. During his stay at this school he was married, September 24, 1904, to Miss Bessie Sparkman, of Gainesville, Texas. She was a faithful and helpful Christian wife. Their acquaintance had been formed at the Nashville Bible School, while they were both students there. Experiencing and realizing the great and good influence of Bible Schools he resolved to devote his life to such work. He taught three years in Western Bible and Literary College, Odessa, Missouri, and for a time was with the Cordell Christian College, Cordell, Oklahoma. He was involved in the work in Thorp Spring, Texas with the planting and operation of Thorp Spring Christian College, as he served as its second president. Later he moved to Abilene to work with the Christian college there. Robert C. Bell passed from this life June 14, 1964, and is buried in the City Cemetery. — Scott Harp, Sources: Gleanings from Gospel Preachers Who Blazed The Trail, C.R. Nichol, 1911. Another bio is in the Gospel Advocate, April 17, 1941, 375.
Gospel preacher. Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1951, 33.
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R. C. Bell was the second president of Thorp Christian College. Robert Clark Bell was born near Bell Buckle, Tennessee, March 20, 1877, and raised on the farm. He attended the public schools till nineteen, when he entered the Nashville Bible School. At the age of 15 he was led to Christ under the preaching of E.A. Elam, August 22, 1897. At a little school house near Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, where he was soon to open a school, he began preaching, and continued to do so the remainder of his life. In 1901 he entered Potter Bible College, where he remained as student-teacher for four years. During his stay at this school he was married, September 24, 1904, to Miss Bessie Sparkman, of Gainesville, Texas. She was a faithful and helpful Christian wife. Their acquaintance had been formed at the Nashville Bible School, while they were both students there. Experiencing and realizing the great and good influence of Bible Schools he resolved to devote his life to such work. He taught three years in Western Bible and Literary College, Odessa, Missouri, and for a time was with the Cordell Christian College, Cordell, Oklahoma. He was involved in the work in Thorp Spring, Texas with the planting and operation of Thorp Spring Christian College, as he served as its second president. Later he moved to Abilene to work with the Christian college there. Robert C. Bell passed from this life June 14, 1964, and is buried in the City Cemetery. — Scott Harp, Sources: Gleanings from Gospel Preachers Who Blazed The Trail, C.R. Nichol, 1911. Another bio is in the Gospel Advocate, April 17, 1941, 375.
Gospel preacher. Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1951, 33.
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Gospel preacher and educator.
R. C. Bell was the second president of Thorp Christian College. Robert Clark Bell was born near Bell Buckle, Tennessee, March 20, 1877, and raised on the farm. He attended the public schools till nineteen, when he entered the Nashville Bible School. At the age of 15 he was led to Christ under the preaching of E.A. Elam, August 22, 1897. At a little school house near Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, where he was soon to open a school, he began preaching, and continued to do so the remainder of his life. In 1901 he entered Potter Bible College, where he remained as student-teacher for four years. During his stay at this school he was married, September 24, 1904, to Miss Bessie Sparkman, of Gainesville, Texas. She was a faithful and helpful Christian wife. Their acquaintance had been formed at the Nashville Bible School, while they were both students there. Experiencing and realizing the great and good influence of Bible Schools he resolved to devote his life to such work. He taught three years in Western Bible and Literary College, Odessa, Missouri, and for a time was with the Cordell Christian College, Cordell, Oklahoma. He was involved in the work in Thorp Spring, Texas with the planting and operation of Thorp Spring Christian College, as he served as its second president. Later he moved to Abilene to work with the Christian college there. Robert C. Bell passed from this life June 14, 1964, and is buried in the City Cemetery. — Scott Harp, Sources: Gleanings from Gospel Preachers Who Blazed The Trail, C.R. Nichol, 1911. Another bio is in the Gospel Advocate, April 17, 1941, 375.
Gospel preacher. Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1951, 33.
Scott Harp's Website
R. C. Bell was the second president of Thorp Christian College. Robert Clark Bell was born near Bell Buckle, Tennessee, March 20, 1877, and raised on the farm. He attended the public schools till nineteen, when he entered the Nashville Bible School. At the age of 15 he was led to Christ under the preaching of E.A. Elam, August 22, 1897. At a little school house near Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, where he was soon to open a school, he began preaching, and continued to do so the remainder of his life. In 1901 he entered Potter Bible College, where he remained as student-teacher for four years. During his stay at this school he was married, September 24, 1904, to Miss Bessie Sparkman, of Gainesville, Texas. She was a faithful and helpful Christian wife. Their acquaintance had been formed at the Nashville Bible School, while they were both students there. Experiencing and realizing the great and good influence of Bible Schools he resolved to devote his life to such work. He taught three years in Western Bible and Literary College, Odessa, Missouri, and for a time was with the Cordell Christian College, Cordell, Oklahoma. He was involved in the work in Thorp Spring, Texas with the planting and operation of Thorp Spring Christian College, as he served as its second president. Later he moved to Abilene to work with the Christian college there. Robert C. Bell passed from this life June 14, 1964, and is buried in the City Cemetery. — Scott Harp, Sources: Gleanings from Gospel Preachers Who Blazed The Trail, C.R. Nichol, 1911. Another bio is in the Gospel Advocate, April 17, 1941, 375.
Gospel preacher. Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1951, 33.
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