IN MEMORIAM

Funeral service was held at the Cedofeita Baptist Church.

He leaves wife, Ulla, and sons, Pedro, Miguel and João.

1 in Lodi, California, in the United States. She was 98 years old.

Sparrowk gave decades of support

and leadership to a number of Baptist institutions. She was president of Northern California

Baptist Churches in 1964,

president of American Baptist International Ministries in 1977 and 1978 and president of American Baptist Churches (ABC) USA in 1978 and 1979. Sparrowk served as a trustee of Eastern University and Eastern Theological

Seminary (now Palmer

José Leovegildo Caetano Gonçalves, former president of the Portuguese Baptist Convention (PBC) and the European Baptist

Federation (EBF), died on

November 26, 2015, after a long illness. He was 84 years old.

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1931, he migrated with his family to Brazil at age eight where he made his profession of faith. In 1947, he became a volunteer with the Board of National Mission of the Brazilian Baptist Convention. Gonçalves was an active participant evangelistic crusades in prisons and

in

hospitals and was a youth and student leader in his local church. In 1948, he moved to Rio de Janeiro but returned to Portugal in 1952 and gained secular employment. Responding to the call to full time ministry, Gonçalves enrolled

ordained

in the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Rüschlikon, Switzerland, in 1957. He was ordained to the Christian ministry in Portugal in 1962, becoming pastor of Cedofeita Baptist Church in Porto.

Gonçalves was elected president of the

PBC in 1964, serving until 1968. He was elected president again in 1971 for another three years. He became vice president of the EBF from 1972-1974 and president from 1974-1976.

He is a past member of the Baptist

World Alliance Executive Committee, the Commission on Cooperative Christianity and the Commission on Bible Study and Membership Training.

Gonçalves was instrumental in the

launching of Campus Crusade for Christ, Portugal (now Agape Portugal) and was a chief organizer and planner for “Here is Life, Portugal” in 1981, and “Expo 85” in 1985.

During the 1990s, the Gonçalves family served as missionaries in South Africa and Mozambique for approximately 10 years.

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Cora Sparrowk, a former vice president and longtime supporter of the Baptist World Alliance, died on January

Henrietta Williams, an employee of

the Baptist World Alliance from 1993- 1996, died on February 9 in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. She was 70 years old. An ordained minister, Williams was

associate minister of the Berean Bible Church in Phoenix at the time of her passing.

She previously served at the New

Home Baptist Church and was a past officer in the Central District Association Congress of Christian Education. While at the BWA, she worked in the Division on Promotion and Development.

Funeral service was held at Bethesda Community Baptist Church on February 13 and interment at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. She leaves husband, Tommie, son, Jerome, and daughters, Shellye and Louise.

Theological Seminary) near the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States, for more than 20 years. She was a vice president of the BWA from 1990-1995 and held numerous other positions in the international organization, including chair of the Constitution and Bylaws and Memorial Committees, as well as chair of the Commission on Christian Ethics. She also served as a member of the BWA General Council, the Executive Committee, Committee,

the Budget and Finance the Personnel Committee,

Baptist World Aid Committee and the Division on Study and Research Executive Committee. Sparrowk was also named to the ad hoc BWA 21st

Century Committee,

as well the Commission on Baptists Against Racism.

combined

“Sparrowk was a Baptist leader who intelligence

and intellectual

rigor,” said BWA General Secretary Neville Callam. “In her relationships, she served up a rare blend of graciousness and honesty. Her commitment to the BWA vision was unquestionable and her service toward that end was exemplary.” She has been recognized for her commitment,

service and leadership,

receiving an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1978, the Valiant Woman Award in 1984 from Church Women United and an International Woman of the Year recognition in 1992. Sparrowk was named as a Who’s Who

in Religion and was mentioned in the Women’s Book of World Records and Achievements. The

Cora and John Sparrowk

President’s Award, an honor conferred by ABC USA, was named in her honor and that of her late husband, John, who died in 2004.

Sparrowk is survived by son, Jack, and daughter, Jill.

JOSÉ LEOVEGILDO CAETANO GONÇALVES

CORA SPARROWK

HENRIETTA WILLIAMS