Walker Knight, Founding Editor of Baptists Today Newspaper and Former Editor of Home Missions Magazine, Dead at 95
Walker L. Knight, a trailblazer in establishing a free and independent Baptist press, died Dec. 1 at age 95.
Remembering Cain Hope Felder, Scholar Who Highlighted the Bible’s African Presence
Cain Hope Felder died on October 1, 2019, at the age of 76. He was an internationally recognized New Testament scholar who forged new paths in African-American biblical hermeneutics.
International Mission Board Worker Andy Leininger Dies at 56
RICHMOND (BP) -- Andrew (Andy) N. Leininger, who served as a Christian worker in the former Soviet Union for 22 years, died in his home state of Missouri on October 13, 2019. He was 56.
Verna South Dies at 95
Verna South, 95, died on July 14 in North Little Rock, Ark. Married to former Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Rheubin L. South, she was the consummate “First Lady” of their Southern Baptist work.
Missionary and Pastor Ratcliff Dies at 86
Thomas Edward Ratcliff died at the age of 86 Shreveport, Louisiana.
Longtime Baptist Journalist Jim Burton Dies at 63
CUMMING, Ga. (BP) -- Jim Burton, 63, Southern Baptist international photojournalist and storyteller and Baptist Press contributor, died on May 10 after living with ALS for six years.
Rachel Held Evans, Christian Writer of Honesty and Humor, Dies at Age 37
(RNS) — Rachel Held Evans, a popular progressive Christian writer and speaker, died Saturday morning (May 4) at age 37 after a brief illness.
BWA General Secretary Emeritus Denton Lotz Dies, Leaves “a Massive Footprint”
FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA - On Tuesday (Apr. 23) Rev. Dr. Denton Lotz, General Secretary Emeritus of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), died at his home in Forestdale, Mass., at the age of 80.
Died: Robert Finley, Reformer of Foreign Missions
Robert Finley — who founded Christian Aid Mission, considered the first missionary organization dedicated to supporting indigenous missions abroad — died last week at age 96.
Baptist Editor Jack Harwell Dies at 86
MORROW, Ga. (BP) -- Jack Harwell, editor of The Christian Index for 21 years during his 30 years with Georgia Baptists' newsjournal, died Jan. 18 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.