• 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.

• Obituary: Jimmie Nelson

  05/23/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Jimmie L Nelson, , longtime Baptist pastor and seminary professor, died May 14. He was 97.

• Obituary: James Edward Tye

  05/21/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  James Edward Tye of Allen, longtime Baptist missionary to Ecuador, died May 16. He was 89.

• Obituary: Hal Reese Kirk

  05/18/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Hal Reese Kirk, a deacon and Bible study leader, died May 9 in Plano. He was 86.

• Constance “Connie” Gayle Billinger Davis

  05/13/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Constance “Connie” Gayle Billinger Davis of Abilene, teacher and social worker, died May 8. She was 70.