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Baptist missionary licensed to preach
On this day in 1875, Leander Randon Millican, Baptist missionary, was
licensed to preach. He was born at the community of Millican, Texas, in
1853. In 1874, while he was deputy sheriff of Lampasas County, Millican
was converted in a Methodist camp meeting. He joined the Baptist Church
at Lampasas later that year. He attended Baylor University at
Independence during the 1874-75 term. In 1879, he was commissioned as
missionary for the San Saba Association; with the exception of three
months, he was missionary for the Texas and Southern Baptists,
particularly the El Paso Association, for the rest of his life. His work
was with small, struggling churches on a half-time, quarter-time, or
monthly basis in an area from San Angelo west to El Paso and south to
Presidio. During his ministering travels on horseback he dreamed of a
camp meeting to bring ranchers, cowboys, and churches together for
preaching and classes. His dream was realized on July 28, 1915, when he
and George W. Truett met with ranchers to begin an annual cowboy camp
meeting that became known as Paisano Baptist Encampment. Millican was
called "missionary to the mountains," "circuit rider of the plains,"
"trail-blazing minister," "sky pilot of the plains," and "Brother
Lallie." He died in 1938.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- MILLICAN, LEANDER RANDON
- BAPTIST CHURCH
- TRUETT, GEORGE WASHINGTON
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