Longtime IMB leader, ‘strategic thinker’ Clyde Meador dies at 79
April 26, 2024
Longtime International Mission Board leader Clyde D. Meador died April 26, 2024. He was 79.
Obituaries
‘Huge heart and sincerity’: Beloved Christian singer Mandisa dies at 47
April 19, 2024
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.
Rhonda Kelley remembered as gracious first lady, champion for women
February 20, 2024
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 first lady, professor at New Orleans Seminary — dies
February 17, 2024
Rhonda Kelley, former associate director of Innovative Evangelism and adjunct professor of women’s ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, has died.
Influential discipleship author Henry Blackaby dies at 88
February 10, 2024
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.
Retired missionary Ida Mae Hays dies
February 2, 2024
Ida Mae Hays, a retired International Mission Board missionary to Brazil, died Feb. 1.
Longtime Texas pastor Robinson dies at 88
January 26, 2024
Brother Darrell’s funeral is tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Klein Funeral Home in Magnolia, Texas. A livestream will be available.
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.
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.
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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