Following a “emergency medical incident,” Voddie Baucham Jr., a Baptist preacher and author who advocated for conservative ideas, passed away, according to his ministry.

His age was 56. A statement on his social media pages read, “We are saddened to inform friends that our dear brother, Voddie Baucham, Jr., has left the land of the dying and entered the land of the living.”

Pastor Voddie Baucham Jr. passes away at 56

“Earlier today, after suffering an emergency medical incident, he entered into his rest and the immediate presence of the Savior whom he loved, trusted, and served since he was converted as a college student.”

On September 12, Baucham posted on X, saying, “You can kill the messenger, but you can never kill the message.” “Charlie Kirk, may you rest in peace.” Kirk had joined Baucham on a panel at the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Conference in Dallas.

His last words on Charlie Kirk

The panel, moderated by Owen Strachan, examined immigration, Black Lives Matter, and Critical Race Theory while contrasted biblical justice with secular social justice in their discussion of “Biblical Justice vs. Social Justice.” Later, it was shown to the viewers of The Charlie Kirk Show.

In June, Baucham was appointed founding president of the recently established Founders Seminary in Cape Coral, Florida.

He was born in Los Angeles on March 11, 1969, and pastored Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, Texas, until relocating to Zambia in 2015. He was the dean of theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia, for nine years.

Who is Voddie Baucham Jr. ?

Before graduating from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a master’s degree in divinity and a doctorate in ministry, he was a tight end for the Rice University football team.

Baucham held evangelistic activities and gave Christian faith lectures all over the world. The 2019 Netflix documentary “American Gospel: Christ Alone” had a segment about Baucham.

Baucham served as president and a board member of the Cape Coral, Florida-based Founders Seminary, a branch of Founders Ministries, at the time of his passing.

According to his Facebook page, he relocated to Florida earlier this year in order to assist with the seminary’s establishment. He had previously spent over ten years in Zambia, where he served as a professor and the former dean of African Christian University’s faculty of divinity, according to a statement from the college.

Raised by a single mom, Baucham did not develop a religious faith until he enrolled in college.

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