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Missions photographer Rutledge dies

February 28, 2013

Renowned photographer Don Rutledge, who told the global story of missions through his camera lens for several generations of Southern Baptists, died at his home

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Former Alabama pastor Glaze dies at 94

February 28, 2013

Redus Edgar “Ed” Glaze Jr. served multiple churches as pastor and interim pastor. He died Dec. 19, 2012, at the age of 94.  Glaze served

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Former state convention president Tondera dies

February 21, 2013

  Steve E. Tondera Sr., of Huntsville, a former Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) president and one of only a handful of lay church members

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Retired Alabama pastor Sharp dies at 87

February 14, 2013

  Richard L. Sharp, a native of Decatur, spent more than 50 years serving Alabama Baptist churches. He passed away Jan. 16 at the age

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Pilgrim Rest’s pastor Tierce dies at 59

February 14, 2013

Stevie Russell Tierce had a “genuine heart” and was “very compassionate,” said Wendell Dutton, director of missions for Cherokee Baptist Association. Tierce, who was a

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Texas church loses second minister

February 4, 2013

Jim Gray, 68, associate senior adult minister at First Baptist Church of Woodway, Texas, near Waco, was killed Jan. 30 in a head-on crash as

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Bobbie Jean Benton Best, obituary

January 31, 2013

Bobbie Jean Benton Best died Jan. 20. She was 79.  Best was the wife of James Richard Best, retired director of missions for Bethlehem and

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Alabama Baptist minister dies at 78, Edward Owen Heptinstall Sr.

January 31, 2013

After serving 31 years in ministry, Edward Owen Heptinstall Sr. passed away Dec. 22, 2012. He was 78. Born in Anniston, Heptinstall received a bachelor

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