IN MEMORIAM
C. Bill Hogue, a former vice president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), died on January 26 in Texas in
the United States, after a year-long struggle with cancer. He was 82 years old.
Hogue served in several capacities within the BWA, including as a member of the General Council and the
Executive Committee, the two governing bodies of the international organization. He was also a longstanding
member of the Executive Committee of the BWA Division of Evangelism and Education (E&E) where he, along
with former E&E director, Tony Cupit, shared in several projects around the world. He was also a member of
the Search Committee that recommended the appointment of Neville Callam as BWA General Secretary to
succeed Denton Lotz in 2007.
At the time of his passing, Hogue was a member of the BWA Memorial Committee, the Mission and
Evangelism Workgroup of the E&E Division, and the Personnel Committee.
From the time he met with Hogue when he appeared before the BWA Search Committee, Callam said he
found Hogue to be “a gracious and compassionate person who had breadth and depth of vision for Christian
involvement in the world and also a heart for people.”
The BWA leader stated that, “In Bill Hogue’s passing, the Baptist World Alliance has lost a vital partner, a
team builder, and a special friend.”
“I have the fondest memories of Bill from the time I joined the BWA in the late 1980s,” said BWA President
David Coffey. “From the beginning of our friendship he was a brother beloved. I feel impoverished by the
thought that I will never see Bill again at a BWA Gathering,” Coffey declared. “He was a Barnabas of an
encourager; he stayed passionately focused on the Great Commission of Jesus; he was a loyal and gifted
ambassador who carried infectiously a vision for the work of the BWA.”
Former BWA General Secretary Denton Lotz described Hogue as “a man with a passion for evangelism
who also had a heart for racial reconciliation and social justice.”
A native of the state of Texas, Hogue graduated from Howard Payne University in Brownwood and
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. From 1952-1971 he served as a pastor of three
congregations in Texas and one in Oklahoma; was director of evangelism for the Baptist General Convention of
Oklahoma from 1971-1973; vice president for evangelism for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Home Mission
Board (now North American Mission Board) between 1973 and 1982; and executive director of the California
Southern Baptist Convention from 1985-1995.
He leaves Betty, his wife of more than 60 years, four sons, and a daughter.
Funeral services took place January 30 at Coggin Avenue Baptist Church in Brownwood, Texas.
OUR GRATEFUL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FRIENDS for their gifts to the Baptist World Alliance
Gifts to the Baptist World Alliance in memory of:
Beth Fogg in memory of William J. Cumbie for the William J. Cumbie Emerging Leader Fund
Shirley Camp in memory of John Camp
Virgil and Evelyn Reeve in memory of Dr. Thomas Corts
Charles and Leah Teague in memory of Frances D. Teague
Gifts to the Baptist World Alliance in honor of:
Carolyn R. Woitas in honor of Mrs. Marcia Howell,
Mr. M. William Howell, Mr. Gregory Howell,
Mrs. Keri Howell and Mr. Rodney Howell
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Boucher in honor of
Dr. and Mrs. Denton Lotz
Thomas Law in honor of Mrs. Betty Law
Gifts to the Baptist World Aid for Haiti Relief were given by:
Charles Arrindell in honor of Marie and Isaiah Nieves
Archie and Helen Goldie in memory of Mrs. Jean Irvine
Stephen Booth in memory of Mr. Fred Burke
Jan Folmar in memory of Jack G. Folmar

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