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Obituaries

First person: Remembering Lloyd Elder, Southern Baptist statesman

November 8, 2023

Lloyd Elder died Nov. 3 after a lengthy illness. Southern Baptists lost a statesman — and bivocational and small church pastors across the denomination lost a friend. 

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Former Lifeway president Lloyd Elder dies at 90

November 7, 2023

Lloyd Elder, seventh president of Lifeway Christian Resources (formerly the Baptist Sunday School Board), died Nov. 3 at age 90. He led the Board from 1984–1991.

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Retired SWBTS music theory professor dies at 83

August 11, 2023

Janis Nutt Watkins, retired associate professor of music theory at Southwestern Seminary, died Aug. 9. She was 83.

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Longtime Southern Baptist leader David Bunch dies

August 1, 2023

David Bunch, who helped Southern Baptists launch Mission Service Corps in the 1970s and played an integral role in three Southern Baptist state conventions, died

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‘Now with Jesus’: Dorsett announces wife’s death

August 1, 2023

Two weeks after beginning a leave of absence to care for his wife, Kay, Terry Dorsett shared she passed away July 31 after a battle

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Pruitt heartbroken over loss of son, joyful for his healing

July 26, 2023

Shane Pruitt, national next gen director for the North American Mission Board, announced his son Titus died early July 25. “We are heartbroken, but also

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Former SWBTS president Russell Dilday dies at 92

June 22, 2023

Russell Hooper Dilday Jr., the sixth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died on June 21 in Dallas. He was 92. During his tenure as

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Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson dies at 93

June 8, 2023

Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, died June 8 at his Virginia Beach home. Robertson was 93. “Pat Robertson has gone home to

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Former MBC executive director Don Wideman dies at 95

May 26, 2023

Former Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Donald V. Wideman died May 3 at the age of 95. Wideman served as MBC executive director from 1987–1997.

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Influential author, pastor Tim Keller dies at 72

May 19, 2023

Timothy Keller, the founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City whose faith encouraged Christians and skeptics alike, died May 19 at the age

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