Jennifer Lyell dies at 47
June 8, 2025
Jennifer Lyell, a former vice president of Lifeway who accused a seminary professor of sexual abuse in 2018, died yesterday (June 7) at age 47 after a series of massive strokes.
Obituaries
Kay Arthur, Bible teacher, author and co-founder of Precept ministry, dies at 91
May 21, 2025
Kay Arthur, a popular Christian speaker, author and longtime host of the “Precepts for Life” Bible teaching program that was broadcast around the world, has died.
Gospel singer, songwriter Squire Parsons now experiencing ‘Sweet Beulah Land’
May 6, 2025
Parsons’ “Sweet Beulah Land” was voted song of the year in 1981 by readers of Singing News Magazine, where he was voted favorite baritone (1986–1987), favorite male singer (1988) and favorite songwriter (1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995).
Former Louisiana, Texas WMU director Nelda Seal dies
April 28, 2025
In 1986, Nelda Seal became executive director of Louisiana WMU and served in that role until 1995. She returned as interim director from 1998 to 2001, then took on the same role for Texas WMU in 2008.
Longtime California Baptist leader Fermín Whittaker dies at 83
February 10, 2025
Fermín A. Whittaker, the longest-tenured executive director of California Southern Baptist Convention, died Friday, Feb. 7.
Longtime missionary Charles Love dies at 96
February 6, 2025
Charles Love and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, served for 28 years as Southern Baptist missionaries in Guyana. They retired to Texas, but it didn’t stick and they moved to St. Lucia for 18 months, then spent three years in China.
Jim Shaddix – SEBTS professor, longtime pastor and mentor – dies after cancer battle
February 1, 2025
Many say Jim Shaddix, who had a long ministry of investing in pastors, was a mentor with a “lasting impact.”
Bill McCartney, influential coach and founder of Promise Keepers, dies at 84
January 14, 2025
Bill McCartney, a former college football coach who became one of the most influential religious figures in American life during the 1990s after founding the Promise Keepers movement, died Friday (Jan. 10).
Carter remembered as faithful teacher, global humanitarian
December 29, 2024
President Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer turned politician who taught Sunday School for decades, died today (Dec. 29), according to The Carter Center. At age 100, he was the country’s oldest living president.
Texas missions leader Joy Fenner dies at 89
December 6, 2024
Joy Fenner, a Baptist missionary, Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas leader and the first woman elected as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Nov. 29 in Dallas. She was 89.
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