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Lydia H. Hoyle

Lydia H. Hoyle is an associate professor of church history and Baptist heritage at Campbell University Divinity School, Buies Creek, N.C. Prior to arriving at Campbell in 2003, she was a religion professor at Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky. Her research interests and publications have included work in the areas of women and missions, children and mission education, Baptist history and women in ministry. She is working on a study of Baptists and children.

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