IN MEMORIAM
PHILIP WISE
Philip Wise of Andalusia, Alabama, in the United States, a former leader in the North American Baptist Fellowship, the
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Alabama Baptist State Convention, and the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died
on Monday, March 30.
He was 60 years old.
A member of the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Doctrine and Interchurch Cooperation and the Christian Education
Workgroup, Wise was chair of the mini-library program of the BWA for more than 10 years, between 1997 and 2008.
The mini-library program offers gifts of books to pastors primarily in Two Thirds World countries.
He was senior pastor for several churches in Alabama and Texas in the United States, namely Fairview Baptist Church,
Selma, Alabama; Morningview Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama; First Baptist Church, Dothan, Alabama; and Second
Baptist Church, Lubbock, Texas.
He also taught theology and ethics at Culham College in Abingdon, England, the New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary in the US, and has guest lectured in seminaries and theological schools in Singapore, South Africa and Nigeria.
A graveside service took place at Memorial Cemetery, Andalusia, Alabama, on Thursday, April 2, and a memorial service
at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, was held on Friday, April 3.
Wise is survived by Cynthia, his wife of 40 years, daughter Myra, and sons Doug and Fisher.
ROGER MARTIN
Roger Martin, who was elected vice president of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) during its assembly from
May 1-4, died on Friday, May 15.
Martin, senior pastor of Stockton Baptist Tabernacle in Stockton-on-Tees in the north of England, had been ailing for
most of the year. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on May 8 and died only a week later.
“In Roger’s passing the denomination has lost one of its most colorful ministers and staunchest supporters,” said BUGB
General Secretary Jonathan Edwards. “I was delighted when the denomination honored Roger by inviting him to become
our vice president, and we had recently started to lay plans for his presidential year,” stated Edwards, in reference to the
expectation that Martin would have been elected president of the BUGB.
Martin served several churches as pastor in the United Kingdom for 41 years, including at Stockton for the past 10
years.
A Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for his life was held at Stockton Baptist Tabernacle on Saturday, May 23.
He leaves wife Liz and sons Carl, James, Alex and Reuben. He was 65 years old.
ALFRED PECK
Alfred Peck, former president of the Baptist Union of Scotland (BUS), died on Sunday, May 3. He was 97 years old.
Peck, a former engineer who responded to the call to the full time ministry in 1939, pastored several churches in England
and Scotland, including churches in London, Leeds and Glasgow.
He was president of the BUS from 1985-1986.
A service of thanksgiving for his life was held on Saturday, May 9, at Helensburgh Baptist Church in Helensburgh,
Scotland.
He leaves his wife of 54 years, Kathleen; son, Anthony, General Secretary of the European Baptist Federation and
Baptist World Alliance Regional Secretary for Europe; and daughter, Ruth.
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