Samuel Shahid, professor of missions in the Islamic Studies program at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1998–2013, died March 2. He was 87 years old.
Dorothy Marion Pryor a retired executive director of the Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) of Georgia, died March 12. She was 98. Pryor served Georgia
Bobbye Rankin — who spent 23 years along with her husband, Jerry, serving as a Southern Baptist missionary in Asia — died Monday (Jan. 2)
Craig Bird, Baptist journalist and educator, died Dec. 12 due to complications from a fall the week before. He was 73. Bird was born Oct.
Timothy “Tim” Dane Cearley, an International Mission Board missionary emeritus who shared the gospel in Zimbabwe, Portugal, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana, died Nov. 5. He
Dan Busby, who was president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability for more than a decade, has died after a months-long bout with cancer.
Marilynn Blackaby, 83, died Thursday (Sept. 29) after a short battle with liver cancer. “Over the last few days, we as her family have wept
Don Hinkle, the Missouri Pathway’s founding editor, died Thursday (Sept. 22). Known for his colorful bow ties, quick wit and love for journalism, Hinkle, 68,
John Hershel Faulkner, retired missionary and pastor, died July 13. He was 87. Faulkner was a native of Bear Creek, Alabama, where he learned to
James Porch, who served as executive director of the executive board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention (now Tennessee Baptist Mission Board) for 18 years (1992–2010)
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