Larry W. Draper, longtime evangelist and former pastor of Roebuck Park Baptist Church, Birmingham, died Aug. 21. He was 75.
A graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, Draper also studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from Luther Rice Seminary in Lithonia, Georgia.
In addition to Roebuck Park Baptist, Draper also served as pastor of other churches including Woodland Park Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and West Rome Baptist Church, Rome, Georgia. Since 1995 he served as a full-time evangelist with Sound the Trumpet Ministries, a worldwide evangelistic ministry. Through the years he made dozens of missions trips, trained pastors and watched more than 400 churches planted overseas.
Draper is survived by his wife of 53 years, Sandra, and two daughters, Kelli and Kimberly.
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