Ben M. Bogard


1868-1951
Baptist Minister and Debater. Participated in 237 debates; 193 by 1933.
* John T. Hinds (Church of Christ); Elm Springs, AR; July 12-15, 1904; Bogard's first debate
* Stanley J. Clark (Atheist) 15 times
* J. C. Weaver (Methodist Church)
* R. H. Pigue (Methodist Church)
* ?James A. Harding (Church of Christ)
* W. A. Goodwin (Church of Christ); Jesup (near Little Rock), AR; August 16-19, 1905. Book publication.
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Bryant, AR; December 12-15, 1905; 4 days
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Mammouth Springs, AR; February 20-23, 1906; general church, salvation; 4 days
* Bynum Black (Church of Christ); Plunkett, AR; August 14-17, 1906; general church; 4 days
* R. S. Lyons (Church of Christ); October 9-12, 1906; general church
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Bearden, AR; October 23-26, 1906; 4 days
* R. W. Arrington (Church of Christ); near Bearden, AR; December 18-21, 1906; general church; 4 days
* R. S. Lyons (Church of Christ); Fourche, AR; February 4-9, 1907
* Bynum Black (Church of Christ); Clay, White County, AR; February 18-23, 1907; general church; 6 days
* J. M. Brandon (Church of Christ); Ford's Well, MS; July 16-20, 1907; 5 days
* John T. Hinds (Church of Christ); Grubbs, AR; September 8-12, 1907
* Bynum Black (Church of Christ); near Williford, AR; September 24-29, 1907; 6 days
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Minturn, AR; November 19-22, 1907; 4 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Millport, AL; April 1908; 1st of 11 debates between them
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Oak Grove, AR; July 1908; 6 days
* James B. Hardy (Primitive Baptist Church); _, AR; ?July 1908; close communion
* J. M. Brandon (Church of Christ); Ford's Well, MS; August 1-6, 1908; 6 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Holmes, AR; December 1-4, 1908; 4 days
* ?John R. Williams (Church of Christ); Roosevelt, AR; December 9-10, 1908
* J. W. Chism (Church of Christ); Tenaha, TX; February 9-12, 1909; 4 days
* W. F. Lemmons (Church of Christ); Bellemont, OK; February 16-19, 1909
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Amory, MS; March 16-19, 1909; 4 days
* I. N. Penick (Baptist Church); Johnson Grove, _; after March 10, 1909; organizations for doing mission work. Book publication: The Bogard-Penick Debate.
* George T. Searcy (Church of Christ); Lamar, AR; June 29 - July 2, 1909
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Balch, AR; July 26-29, 1909.
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Roosevelt, AR; September 13-16, 1909; 4 days
* J. H. Lawson (Church of Christ); Carpenter, OK; October 13-16, 1909
* Charles Henry Kennedy (Church of Christ); Collinsville, TX; October 19-22, 1909
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Hickory Ridge, AR; October 26-29, 1909; 4 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Shover Springs, AR; November 7-10, 1909
* R. S. Lyons (Church of Christ); Donaldson, AR; December 7-10, 1909
* N. B. Hardeman (Church of Christ); Obion, TN; December 23-26, 1909
* G. A. Dunn (Church of Christ); Corinth, MS; January 3-8, 1910; 6 days
* Ulyses Grant Wilkerson (Church of Christ); Comanche, OK; February 12-15, 1910; 4 days
* J. D. Tant (Church of Christ); Paragould, AR; May 31- June 3, 1910; 4 days
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Buford, AR; June 28-30, 1910; 3 days
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); near Newport, AR; August 31 - September 3, 1910; 4 days
* Joe W. Crumley (Church of Christ); Rosalie, TX; September 21-24, 1910
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Slater, TX; December 18-21, 1910; 4 days
* Joe W. Crumley (Church of Christ); Stuart, OK; October 2-5, 1911
* Foy E. Wallace, Sr. (Church of Christ); near Stratford, OK; October 10-13, 1911; church, faith only, baptism; 4 days
* G. W. Wolf (Church of Christ); near Lockesburg, AR; November 20-25, 1911; 6 days
* W. H. Sandy (Church of Christ); near Hamburg, AR; December 4-7, 1911
* Bynum Black (Church of Christ); Newark, AR; December 12-15, 1911; general church; 4 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Fish, TX; December 27-30, 1911; 4 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Chism, OK; January 2-5, 1912
* W. G. Roberts (Church of Christ); near Woodside, MO; October 1-6, 1912
* ?W. N. Warlick (Church of Christ); Maydelle, TX; October 15-18, 1912; 4 days
* Joe W. Crumley (Church of Christ); near Maud, OK; October 22-25, 1912
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Enola, AR; November 12-15, 1912; 4 days
* N. B. Hardeman (Church of Christ); Dyer, TN; December 6-9, 1912
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Aspermouth, TX; January 7-9, 1913; 3 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Center Point, AR; January 15-20, 1913; 6 days
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); July 8-11, 1913; 4 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Clover, TX; July 21-24, 1913; 4 days
* Bynum Black (Church of Christ); Reese, TX; July 29 - August 1, 1913; 4 days
* H. F. Oliver (Church of Christ); near Center, TX; November 11-14, 1913
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Malone, TX; December 15-19, 1913; 5 days
* Albert W. Young (Church of Christ); Leslie, TX; December 24-25, 1913; 2 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Dodsonville, TX; January 27-30, 1914
* _ Capers (Church of Christ); Briston, Ellis County, TX; March 30 - April 3, 1914; 5 days
* J. W. Chism (Church of Christ); Morse, OK; October 6-12, 1914; 7 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Haworth, OK; November 24-27?, 1914
* J. W. Chism (Church of Christ); Locust Bayou, AR; December 1-6, 1914; 6 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); written; c 1915. Bogard-Warlick Debate Involving Issues Between Baptists and Christians. Dallas, TX: B. C. Warlick, 1915. This written debate was intended to reproduce as much as possible their oral debate at Malone, TX.
* H. F. Oliver (Church of Christ); Tell, TX; April 27-30, 1916
* Albion Eugene Findley (Church of Christ); Mexia, TX; July 25-28, 1916; 4 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Scurry, TX; October 17-20, 1916
* F. B. Srygley (Church of Christ); County Line (near Center Point), AR; December 12-15, 1916; establishment of church, baptism, apostasy
* A. Leroy Elkins (Church of Christ); Gallatin, TX; December 26, 1916 - January 1, 1917; 7 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Crowder, OK; January 30 - February 2, 1917; 4 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Row, OK; May 14-17, 1917; 4 days
* I. B. Bradley (Church of Christ); Curtis, AL; January 2-5, 1918; 4 days
* Will M. Thompson (Church of Christ); near Marysville (?Maysville), OK; December 25-28, 1918; 4 days; their first debate
* W. G. Roberts (Church of Christ); St. John, KS; September 23-26, 1919
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Foreman, AR; October 8-11, 1919; 3 days
* R. V. Sarrels (Church of Christ); near Pearcy, AR; November 11-14, 1919
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Duncan, AZ; December 17-21, 1919; 5 days
* Will M. Thompson (Church of Christ); near Shawnee, OK; December 30, 1919 - January 2, 1920; 4 days
* George T. Searcy (Church of Christ); near Coal Hill, AR; September 21-24, 1920
* H. F. Oliver (Church of Christ); Union Hill (near Rusk), TX; October 19-22, 1920
* J. D. Tant (Church of Christ); Guin, AL; November 8-11, 1921; 4 days
* Francis O. Howell (Church of Christ); near Chewalla, TN; November 15-18, 1921
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Ambrose, TX; December 13-16, 1921
* Charles C. Fuqua (Church of Christ); August 29 - September 1, 1922; 4 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Ada, OK; September 5-8, 1922; 4 days
* R. L. Whiteside (Church of Christ); Hutson, AR; October 24-27, 1922; work of Holy Spirit; 4 days
* Frank Strickland (Church of Christ); Lorado, AR; November 28 - December 1, 1922
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); near Paragould, AR; April 10-13, 1923; 4 days
* C. H. Cayce (Primitive Baptist Church); Leedy, MS; July 1923; church identity
* John Henry Hamilton (Church of Christ); Truman, AR; September 17-21, 1923
* I. B. Bradley (Church of Christ); Hodges, AL; September 2-4, 1925; 3 days
* Joe H. Blue (Church of Christ); Clover Bend (near Alicia), AR; October 13-16, 1925; 4 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Hickory Ridge, AR; December 15-19, 1925
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Tomberlin, AR; December 7-10, 1926
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Springdale, AR; December 14-17, 1926; 4 days
* A. G. Freed (Church of Christ); Nashville, TN; January 11-22, 1927; church, baptism, apostasy; 12 days
* J. D. Tant (Church of Christ); Texarkana, TX; September 27 - October 2, 1927; 6 days
* Joe H. Blue (Church of Christ); Convenience (near Sulphur Rock), AR; October 25-27, 1927; 3 days
* Will M. Thompson (Church of Christ); Oakland, OK; November 15-_, 1927
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); near Patmos, AR; November 21-24, 1927
* A. G. Freed (Church of Christ); Little Rock, AR; January 3-9, 1928; church; 7 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Troy (near Stephens), AR; July 17-20, 1928; 4 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Acton, TN; August 18-21, 1928; 4 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Corinth, MS; 1928
* Cecil B. Douthitt (Church of Christ); Mulberry, FL; December 12-15, 1928; 4 days
* Joe S. Warlick (Church of Christ); Blevins, AR; 1929
* J. L. Hines (Church of Christ); Hodges, AL; August 13-16, 1929; church
* G. C. Brewer (Church of Christ); Humphrey, AR; November 19-22, 1929; 4 days
* James L. Davis (Church of Christ); Somerset, KY; January 25-28, 1930; 4 days
* G. C. Brewer (Church of Christ); Jonesboro, AR; June 15-19, 1931; 5 days
* Will M. Thompson (Church of Christ); near Ada, OK; September 8-11, 1931; 4 days
* James Edgar Laird (Church of Christ); Bloomer (near Charleston), AR; October 5-9, 1931
* W. L. Oliphant (Church of Christ); Fort Smith, AR; January 7-10, 1932
* G. C. Brewer (Church of Christ); McDougal, AR; January 12-15, 1932; 4 days
* J. D. Tant (Church of Christ); Memphis, TN; May 24-27, 1932; 4 days
* Will M. Thompson (Church of Christ); near Hazel, OK; June 27-30, 1933; 4 days
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); near Amory, MS; July 25-28, 1933
* C. R. Nichol (Church of Christ); Dodsonville, TX
* E. M. Borden (Church of Christ); Crossroads (near Bradford), AR; November 21-24, 1933; 4 days
* Will M. Thompson (Church of Christ); Haskell, OK; February 5-9, 1934; 5 days; their 6th debate
* Aimee Semple McPherson (Foursquare Gospel Church); North Little Rock, AR; May 22, 1934;
* Emmett G. Creacy (Church of Christ); Windsor, KY; July 7-10, 1936; 4 days
* W. G. Roberts (Church of Christ); West Fork, MO; December 2-5, 1936
* W. G. Roberts (Church of Christ); Canalou, MO; September 21-24, 1937
* J. D. Tant (Church of Christ); near Greenwood, AR; November 30 - December 3, 1937; 4 days
* J. D. Tant (Church of Christ); Lone Star, AR; January 1938; their last debate
* N. B. Hardeman (Church of Christ); Little Rock, AR; April 19-22, 1938;
* Clyde Lee Embrey (Church of Christ); Texarkana, TX; December 28, 1937 - January 1, 1938; 5 days
* Glen Earl Green (Church of Christ)
* Sidney Claude Kinningham (Church of Christ); Arcadia (near Center), TX; July 30 - August 2, 1940; salvation, apostasy, church
* W. Curtis Porter (Church of Christ); Hulbert, OK; October 29-November 2, 1940; apostasy; 8 sessions
* Byron B. Conley (Church of Christ); Trenton (or Bell), FL; December 18-22, 1940; 5 days
* John W. Hedge (Church of Christ); Sulphur Springs (near Mt. Enterprise), TX; December 9-12, 1941; salvation, apostasy
* Vaughn Crumley (Church of Christ)
* Eugene S. Smith (Church of Christ); Dallas, TX; May 12-15, 1942;
* W. Curtis Porter (Church of Christ); Damascus, AR; March 23-26, 1948;
--- Information provided by Thomas Thompson

Mr. Bogard is buried in Rose Lawn Cemetery, Little Rock, AR.

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