On Oct. 5, I attended the memorial service for my friend of 46 years, Floyd Craig, in Nashville, Tenn. The memorial service was led by our mutual friend, David Sapp. All three of us met in 1978 when I started…
Floyd Craig gave me the courage to speak
Floyd Craig started making a difference in my life before I knew who he was. I was a senior in college in 1968, a ministerial student serving a small rural church in Middle Georgia. Most of my church members lived…
Remembering Floyd Craig, The Godfather of Baptist communicators
Floyd A. Craig, a legendary Baptist communicator and mentor to a number of other Baptist communicators of my generation, entered eternity last Friday evening. He was 91. I called him The Godfather. Not the mafia-type, but the type Miriam-Webster defines…
30 years ago today, Baptist news changed with two firings
The birth of Baptist News Global — formerly Associated Baptist Press — 30 years ago today was the offshoot of a decade or more of theological rift between two factions in Southern Baptist life. But theological posturing aside, the July…