Obituaries Archives - Page 2 of 6

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.