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Voddie Baucham Jr. Dies at 56 After Emergency Medical Incident

He had just begun leading the new Founders Seminary following nearly a decade training pastors in Zambia.

Overview

  • Founders Ministries said Thursday that Baucham died after an "emergency medical incident," and funeral arrangements have not been announced.
  • Baucham was serving as president of the newly launched Founders Seminary in Cape Coral, Florida, entering its first semester this fall.
  • In 2021 he was diagnosed with severe heart failure and later underwent heart surgery followed by a quadruple bypass.
  • A prominent conservative Reformed preacher and author, he wrote the bestseller Fault Lines and was known for critiques of social-justice ideologies in evangelical circles.
  • He is survived by his wife, Bridget, their nine children, and several grandchildren.