Benjamin Rice Lacy Jr. (July 30, 1886 – August 3, 1981) was an American preacher and Presbyterian minister whose ministry spanned pastoral service, military chaplaincy, and theological education in the early 20th century. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Benjamin Rice Lacy Sr., a labor leader and state treasurer, and Mary Burwell, he was steeped in a family legacy of faith—his grandfather Drury Lacy Jr. was a preacher and Davidson College president, and his great-grandfather Drury Lacy Sr. a Virginia pastor. Educated at Davidson College (B.A., 1906) and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford’s Worcester College (1907–1910), he trained at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, earning his divinity degree before ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.). Lacy’s preaching career began in earnest during World War I, when he served as a chaplain with the 113th Field Artillery in France from 1917 to 1919, earning the nickname “Fighting Parson” for bravery under fire—most notably directing German artillery against the enemy, for which he received a Silver Star. After the war, he pastored Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta (1921–1926) and served as president of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond (1926–1956), preaching in chapel and mentoring future ministers. Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1950, he authored Revivals in the Midst of the Years (1943). Married to Mary Stoddard Curtis in 1920, with whom he had three children, he retired to North Carolina, dying in High Point in 1981, buried at Union Seminary Cemetery in Virginia.