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Robert Reynolds Jones American evangelist and educator.

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Robert Reynolds Jones, bet- ter known as Dr. Bob Jones Sr. He was converted to Christ at the age of 11, began to preach and hold revival meetings at the age of 13, and was licensed to preach at the age of He preached in the cotton fields, and in country churches and in brush arbors. Later, he held huge campaigns in American cit- ies large and small, and preached around the world in many cities and mission fields.

In Dr. Jones founded Bob Jones College, now Bob Jones University, where each year more than 3, students from every state in the union and 34 foreign countries are matriculated. This school, now located in Greenville, South Carolina, came into existence as a result of the hundreds of young people Dr. Jones had met in his ministry, whose faith had been shaken in colleges and universities.

He set out to build a school that would combat the atheistic trend in edu- cation, and would become a center in Christian education.