Obituaries

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Rex Humbard, a pioneer southern gospel minister who launched what would become a worldwide empire of broadcast evangelism from Akron, Ohio,

Hugh Chambliss, a former Alabama Baptist pastor and director of missions (DOM), died Sept. 24. He was 83. A member of First Baptist Church, Huntsville,

Reginal Stokes, a retired Alabama Baptist pastor, died Sept. 23. He was 79. A graduate of Mississippi College in Clinton and New Orleans Baptist Theological

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Rex Humbard, a pioneer southern gospel minister who launched what would become a worldwide empire of broadcast evangelism from Akron, Ohio,

"To know June Baggett was to love June Baggett.” This statement — along with numerous accounts of charm, dignity, poise and grace — came as

Former Alabama Baptist pastor Steven Glenn Weekley died Sept. 11. He was 59. A native of Perdido, Weekley graduated from the University of North Alabama

Former Alabama Baptist pastor Steven Glenn Weekley died Sept. 11. He was 59. A native of Perdido, Weekley graduated from the University of North Alabama

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — D. James Kennedy, the Presbyterian pastor whose Coral Ridge Ministries television and radio programs were broadcast worldwide and whose Evangelism Explosion