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.
Obituaries
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.
Tony Campolo, author, evangelist, dies at 89
November 20, 2024
Tony Campolo, a Baptist minister, author, evangelist and sociologist who spent decades trying to convince evangelicals and other Christians that their faith should motivate them to address social ills like poverty and racism, has died.
Janet Rohde, longtime missionary to Guyana, dies at 78
September 28, 2024
Janet Rohde, who served for nearly three decades as a missionary to Guyana, died Sept. 25. Side by side, she and her husband, Paul, shared the gospel and the love of Jesus with hundreds of people over the years.
Tennessee pastor, wife die after car crash
September 6, 2024
Over the past few days, Kirk Baptist Church in Piperton, Tennessee, has had to post words they never wanted to post — that their pastor, Bobby Mullins, was killed in a car accident Sept. 4, and his wife, Wanda, died the following day.
Longtime Baptist communicator Floyd Craig dies at 91
September 4, 2024
Longtime Baptist communicator Floyd Craig died Aug. 30 at the age of 91.
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