KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Milton Ferguson, 89, the second president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, died Dec. 21 after a brief battle with cancer.
Ferguson’s tenure as president at Midwestern Seminary began in February 1973, and he served the seminary community in this role before retiring in 1995 at the age of 67.
“Serving as Midwestern Seminary’s president for 23 years, Dr. Ferguson led the institution through a season of great denominational and institutional transition,” said Jason K. Allen, who is Midwestern Seminary’s fifth president. “He did so faithfully and graciously, seeking to honor the Lord in both word and deed.”
Under Ferguson’s leadership, Allen said the seminary crossed many milestones including a growing enrollment, expansions in campus housing and leading the seminary to greater financial health.
In addition to his service as a professor and seminary president, Ferguson served many roles in Southern Baptist life as a writer, pastor, preacher and teacher. He also was a renowned youth evangelist early in his ministry.
A native of Harrah, Oklahoma, Ferguson was a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He also served in the U.S. Army.
Ferguson is survived by two daughters. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bettie, and his daughter, Jo Catherine. (BP)
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