‘Bishop of the Bronx’ retired pastor dies at 83

BRONX, New York — Samuel G. Simpson, a retired Southern Baptist leader and New York pastor known for a legacy of faith, vision and integrity died Feb. 23 at his home in Bronx, New York. He was 83.

Simpson served two terms as president of the Baptist Convention of New York; was the founding pastor of the Bronx Baptist Church, Bronx, and Wake-Eden Community Baptist Church, Wake-Eden, both in New York; and was a Home Mission Board (now North American Mission Board) missionary.

Simpson was a founding member and two-term president of the Clergy Coalition of the 47th Precinct of New York and was a past chairman of the board for the Council of Churches of the City of New York. Simpson was instrumental in founding several New York churches, including Protestant Community Church, Northern Bronx; Honeywell Baptist Chapel and New Hope Mission in Spring Valley; and Grace Baptist Chapel, Bronx.

(BP)