He presented a number of papers at conferences and


had articles published in leading journals. He published a memoir, My Life Journey, when he was in his 90s that details much of the history of Baptists in Mizoram, one of India’s northeastern states. In recognition of his life’s work and service, Luaia was


conferred with the Doctor of Divinity degree by the Senate of Serampore, a theological accreditation body in India. He is survived by his youngest son and other family


members.


Funeral services were held on the afternoon of April 8 at the Serkawn Local Church at the BCM headquarters.


and the Commission on Baptist Doctrine and Interchurch Cooperation.


He earned degrees from the University of Richmond and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Predeceased by wife, Mary, who died last November, he leaves son, Julian Jr., and daughters, Anne and Nancy. Funeral services were held June 4 at River Road Baptist Church in Richmond, the capital of Virginia.


Andre Thobois,


former president of the Federation of Evangelical Baptist Churches of France, died on March 26. He was 88 years old. Born in 1924 in Ardin (Deux-Sevres), Thobois was


Julian Pentecost,


former editor of the Religious Herald, the newspaper for Baptists in the state of Virginia in the United States, died on May 31. He was 87 years old. Pentecost served as pastor of various congregations


in Virginia before becoming editor of the Herald in 1970, retiring in 1992. He was elected president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia in 1968.


He held several trusteeships within the Southern


Baptist Convention, including trustee of the Home (now North American) Mission Board and the Foreign (now International) Mission Board. He was also a trustee of the University of Richmond and the Southern Baptist Theological Kentucky.


Pentecost was a former president of the Southern


Baptist Press Association and was a founding director of Associated Baptist Press, an independent Baptist newswire service. The Virginia Baptist leader served the Baptist World


Alliance in various capacities, including as a member of the Communications Committee, the Church Life Committee,


ordained to the Christian ministry in 1949 after studying at the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Paris. He was president of the French Baptist union from 1963 to 1987 after serving as vice president from 1957-1963. An ecumenist, Thobois was vice president of the Protestant Federation of France between 1968 and 1992, and was head of the French Bible Society from 1975 to 1997. He also co- chaired the first Baptist-Catholic Joint Committee in France between 1981 and 1987 and was a member of the Council of Christian Churches in France. Thobois was pastor of the Avenue du Maine Baptist


Church in Paris from 1950 to 1990. A teacher and well- known speaker, he was chairman of the Free Faculty of Evangelical Theology in Vaux-sur-Seine from 1984-1994. He authored several books and was a frequent contributor to the magazine, Baptist Believe and Serve. He served the Baptist World Alliance in a number of


Seminary, which is based in Louisville,


capacities, including as a member of the General Council and Executive Committee. Thobois was also a member, at various times, of the Commission on Baptist Doctrine and Interchurch Cooperation, the Commission on Evangelism and Mission, the Commission on Christian Teaching and Training, and the National Evangelism Workgroup. He leaves wife, Madeleine, and four children. A service of thanksgiving was held on March 31 at the Avenue du Maine Baptist Church.


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