(The Christian Post) A Southern Baptist Convention pastor who helped advance the denomination’s conservative resurgence has died at age 65 after battling COVID-19 and pneumonia.
Jimmy Pritchard, former president of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and pastor of First Baptist Church of Forney, Texas, died last week following a brief battle with the illnesses.
FBC Forney announced the death of Pritchard in a statement posted to their Facebook page on Feb. 24, noting that they brought the news “with great sadness.”