• Obituary: Christa Elisabeth Kunkel Smith

  07/24/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Christa Elisabeth Kunkel Smith, professor emeritus at Wayland Baptist University, died July 16. She was 92.

• Obituary: Robert Leslie Richardson

  07/22/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Robert Leslie Richardson, a Texas Baptist minister, died May 9. He was 90.

• Obituary: Aubrey Howell

  07/07/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Aubrey Howell of Lubbock, longtime Baptist pastor, died June 29. He was 92.

• Bill Moyers had deep and abiding Texas Baptist ties

  06/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

  Bill Moyers, a renowned broadcast journalist with strong Texas Baptist roots, died June 26 in New York, N.Y. He was 91.

• Obituary: Tommy Culwell

  06/25/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Tommy Culwell, Texas Baptist pastor and chaplain, died June 15. He was 74.

• Obituary: Larry Johnson

  06/17/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Larry Johnson, former missionary to Peru and Mexico, died April 28. He was 90.

• Obituary: Ebbie Cullen Smith

  06/11/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Ebbie Cullen Smith, Christian ethicist and Baptist missionary, died June 2. He was 93.

• Abuse survivor and former Lifeway VP Jennifer Lyell died

  06/08/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

  Jennifer Lyell, an editor and author whose promising career in Christian publishing was derailed when she accused a former Southern Baptist leader of abuse, died June 7. She was 47.

• Walter Brueggemann, influential biblical scholar, dies at 92

  06/05/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

  Walter Brueggemann, one of the most widely respected Bible scholars of the past century, died June 5 at his home in Michigan. He was 92.

• Obituary: Armando Virgen

  06/03/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Armando G. Virgen of Waco, a Texas Baptist pastor affectionately known as “Brother V”, died June 1. He was 99.

• Obituary: Sheryl Denise Shaw

  05/30/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Sheryl Denise Shaw, longtime minister to children and their families, died May 12. She was 59.

• Obituary: Pamela Eileen Payne

  05/27/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Pamela Eileen Payne of San Antonio, longtime educator, died May 15. She was 75.