Rice Broocks is the co-founder of the Every Nation family of churches, which currently has more than 1,000 churches in over 60 nations. He also serves as the Bishop of Bethel World Outreach Church in Nashville, Tennessee, where he provides oversight for this multi-ethnic, multi-site church, currently meeting at locations in Middle Tennessee, Texas, and Arizona.

Rice is a graduate of Mississippi State University, with a degree in Business Administration, and he holds a Masters Degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi as well as a Doctorate in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

He is the author of several books, including, Every Nation In Our Generation and the Purple Book (Biblical Foundations).

Rice lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife, Jody, and their five children.

Follow Rice on Twitter: @ricebroocks