Dr. Michael Rice from Glasgow to speak for Holy Week Chapel Service April 17

By Joan C. McKinney, director of university communications

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Dr. Michael D. Rice, pastor of First Baptist Church in Glasgow, Ky.

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY (04/09/2019) (readMedia)-- Dr. Michael D. Rice, pastor of First Baptist Church in Glasgow, Ky., will be Campbellsville University's Holy Week chapel speaker at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17 in Ransdell Chapel at 401 N. Hoskins Ave., Campbellsville.

Rice was appointed to the Glasgow Board of Ethics by the Mayor of Glasgow in 2011. He serves as the Board's secretary. He has had the privilege to preach revivals and conferences across this nation.

Rice has also served as first vice moderator of the Union District Association. He is the former president and dean of the Baptist Unified Christian Leadership Conference, an auxiliary of the General Association of Baptists in Kentucky.

He served as the senior pastor at Macedonia Baptist Church in Auburn, Ky. for 17 years.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, Master of Arts in Theology and Doctrine of Theology from the Great Commission Bible College and Theological Seminary.

He was born April 19, 1961 to Bobby Rice and Linda Joyce Rice Kirk. He is married to Mary Elizabeth Robinson Rice, and they are the parents of Raissa Rice Britt and Jordan Rice. They have three grandchildren, Cassius, Mikah and Javion.

Chapel is designed to provide opportunities for corporate worship and exposure through a variety of informative speakers and presentations.

All chapels are open to the public free of charge and are televised live on WLCU (Comcast Cable channel 10 and digital channel 23.0) and are streamed live on the internet at wlcutv.com.

For information about chapel, call the Office of Campus Ministries at (270) 789-5227.

Campbellsville University is a widely-acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 12,000 students offering over 90 programs of study including Ph.D., master, baccalaureate, associate, pre-professional and certification programs. The university has off-campus centers in Kentucky cities Louisville, Harrodsburg, Somerset, Hodgenville and Liberty with instructional sites in Elizabethtown, Owensboro and Summersville, all in Kentucky two in California at Lathrop, near San Francisco, and in Costa Mesa, and a full complement of online programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.

Campbellsville University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award certificates, associate, baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the status of Campbellsville University.