NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The head of a moderate Baptist ethics and educational agency has been diagnosed with acute leukemia.
Robert Parham, founding executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics, has been diagnosed with acute leukemia, according to a staffer for the Nashville-based organization. Bob Allen, managing editor for EthicsDaily.com, BCE's web portal, said March 15 that Parham was receiving chemotherapy treatments at Vanderbilt University Hospital.
Parham was BCE's founding director when it was established in 1991. Previously, he worked for the Southern Baptist Convention's Christian Life Commission (now known as the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission).