
Longtime Tennessee DOM dies at 64
Phil Taylor, a director of missions in Tennessee since 1999, died June 23 after an extended illness. He was 64.
Phil Taylor, a director of missions in Tennessee since 1999, died June 23 after an extended illness. He was 64.
Longtime International Mission Board leader Clyde D. Meador died April 26, 2024. He was 79.
Mandisa, Grammy award-winning Christian music artist, passed away at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday (Apr. 18). She was 47, according to a news release by K-Love radio network. The cause of her death is not yet available.
Funeral services will be held Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. (with visitation starting at 9:30 a.m.) at First Baptist Church Fairhope, Alabama, and a memorial service will take place Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. at New Orleans Seminary.
Rhonda Kelley, former associate director of Innovative Evangelism and adjunct professor of women’s ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, has died.
Blackaby’s “Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God” was first released in 1990 and has sold more than 7 million copies. It was revised by his son and grandson in 2022.
Ida Mae Hays, a retired International Mission Board missionary to Brazil, died Feb. 1.
Brother Darrell’s funeral is tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Klein Funeral Home in Magnolia, Texas. A livestream will be available.
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.
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.