KENNETH L. CHAFIN
Friday 01/05/2001 Houston Chronicle
KENNETH L. CHAFIN, 74, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2001 in Houston, Texas. He was born on November 18, 1926, in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
Kenneth will be remembered as a gifted communicator, courageous leader, and visionary. He was a talented writer and innovative educator. He served as pastor of South Main Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned a doctor of Theology degree and later served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He also served as Director of Evangelism of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and Dean of the Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism. At the time of his death he was Pastor Emeritus of South Main Baptist Church. He was on the organizing board for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and in 1998 received the Baptist Courage Award from the Whittsit Baptist Heritage Society. The Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond established the Kenneth Chafin Chair of Preaching in his honor.
He was an active participant on many boards in Texas and Kentucky. In recent years he planned and presided over an annual Pastor's Conference at Georgetown College in Kentucky. He authored six books dealing with the laity, witnessing, the successful life and the family and wrote devotionals for The Daily Guidepost books. In the last decade he also developed a passion for reading and writing poetry.
Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Barbara Burke Chafin; his three children, Nancy Chafin, Troy Chafin, and Ellen and husband Bill Wavro; and his grandson Daniel Kenneth Wavro. He is also survived by his mother, Ella Mae Chafin Worthman, his sisters Norma C. Collard and Virginia C. Croman, and his half-brother, Michael Worthman. He was preceded in death by his father Thomas Troy Chafin and his brother Charles Chafin.
The Settegast-Kopf Co. Funeral Directors, 3320 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas, served the family. The family burial was held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery in Phillipsburg, near Brenham. A Memorial Service was held on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001 at 2:30 P.M. at South Main Baptist Church, 4100 Main Street, Houston, Texas with Dr. William L. Turner, Dr. Bill Leonard and Dr. Cecil Sherman officiating. The Deacons of South Main Baptist Church served as honorary pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory were requested to the Kenneth L. Chafin Memorial Fund at South Main Baptist Church Memorial Fund (4100 Main St. Houston, Texas 77002) or the Chafin Endowed Lectureship in Family Ministries at Baylor University (P.O. Box 97026, Waco, Texas 76798).
Friday 01/05/2001 Houston Chronicle
KENNETH L. CHAFIN, 74, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2001 in Houston, Texas. He was born on November 18, 1926, in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
Kenneth will be remembered as a gifted communicator, courageous leader, and visionary. He was a talented writer and innovative educator. He served as pastor of South Main Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned a doctor of Theology degree and later served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He also served as Director of Evangelism of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and Dean of the Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism. At the time of his death he was Pastor Emeritus of South Main Baptist Church. He was on the organizing board for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and in 1998 received the Baptist Courage Award from the Whittsit Baptist Heritage Society. The Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond established the Kenneth Chafin Chair of Preaching in his honor.
He was an active participant on many boards in Texas and Kentucky. In recent years he planned and presided over an annual Pastor's Conference at Georgetown College in Kentucky. He authored six books dealing with the laity, witnessing, the successful life and the family and wrote devotionals for The Daily Guidepost books. In the last decade he also developed a passion for reading and writing poetry.
Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Barbara Burke Chafin; his three children, Nancy Chafin, Troy Chafin, and Ellen and husband Bill Wavro; and his grandson Daniel Kenneth Wavro. He is also survived by his mother, Ella Mae Chafin Worthman, his sisters Norma C. Collard and Virginia C. Croman, and his half-brother, Michael Worthman. He was preceded in death by his father Thomas Troy Chafin and his brother Charles Chafin.
The Settegast-Kopf Co. Funeral Directors, 3320 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas, served the family. The family burial was held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery in Phillipsburg, near Brenham. A Memorial Service was held on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001 at 2:30 P.M. at South Main Baptist Church, 4100 Main Street, Houston, Texas with Dr. William L. Turner, Dr. Bill Leonard and Dr. Cecil Sherman officiating. The Deacons of South Main Baptist Church served as honorary pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory were requested to the Kenneth L. Chafin Memorial Fund at South Main Baptist Church Memorial Fund (4100 Main St. Houston, Texas 77002) or the Chafin Endowed Lectureship in Family Ministries at Baylor University (P.O. Box 97026, Waco, Texas 76798).
KENNETH L. CHAFIN
Friday 01/05/2001 Houston Chronicle
KENNETH L. CHAFIN, 74, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2001 in Houston, Texas. He was born on November 18, 1926, in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
Kenneth will be remembered as a gifted communicator, courageous leader, and visionary. He was a talented writer and innovative educator. He served as pastor of South Main Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned a doctor of Theology degree and later served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He also served as Director of Evangelism of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and Dean of the Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism. At the time of his death he was Pastor Emeritus of South Main Baptist Church. He was on the organizing board for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and in 1998 received the Baptist Courage Award from the Whittsit Baptist Heritage Society. The Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond established the Kenneth Chafin Chair of Preaching in his honor.
He was an active participant on many boards in Texas and Kentucky. In recent years he planned and presided over an annual Pastor's Conference at Georgetown College in Kentucky. He authored six books dealing with the laity, witnessing, the successful life and the family and wrote devotionals for The Daily Guidepost books. In the last decade he also developed a passion for reading and writing poetry.
Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Barbara Burke Chafin; his three children, Nancy Chafin, Troy Chafin, and Ellen and husband Bill Wavro; and his grandson Daniel Kenneth Wavro. He is also survived by his mother, Ella Mae Chafin Worthman, his sisters Norma C. Collard and Virginia C. Croman, and his half-brother, Michael Worthman. He was preceded in death by his father Thomas Troy Chafin and his brother Charles Chafin.
The Settegast-Kopf Co. Funeral Directors, 3320 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas, served the family. The family burial was held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery in Phillipsburg, near Brenham. A Memorial Service was held on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001 at 2:30 P.M. at South Main Baptist Church, 4100 Main Street, Houston, Texas with Dr. William L. Turner, Dr. Bill Leonard and Dr. Cecil Sherman officiating. The Deacons of South Main Baptist Church served as honorary pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory were requested to the Kenneth L. Chafin Memorial Fund at South Main Baptist Church Memorial Fund (4100 Main St. Houston, Texas 77002) or the Chafin Endowed Lectureship in Family Ministries at Baylor University (P.O. Box 97026, Waco, Texas 76798).
Friday 01/05/2001 Houston Chronicle
KENNETH L. CHAFIN, 74, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2001 in Houston, Texas. He was born on November 18, 1926, in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
Kenneth will be remembered as a gifted communicator, courageous leader, and visionary. He was a talented writer and innovative educator. He served as pastor of South Main Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned a doctor of Theology degree and later served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was a professor of evangelism and preaching at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He also served as Director of Evangelism of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and Dean of the Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism. At the time of his death he was Pastor Emeritus of South Main Baptist Church. He was on the organizing board for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and in 1998 received the Baptist Courage Award from the Whittsit Baptist Heritage Society. The Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond established the Kenneth Chafin Chair of Preaching in his honor.
He was an active participant on many boards in Texas and Kentucky. In recent years he planned and presided over an annual Pastor's Conference at Georgetown College in Kentucky. He authored six books dealing with the laity, witnessing, the successful life and the family and wrote devotionals for The Daily Guidepost books. In the last decade he also developed a passion for reading and writing poetry.
Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Barbara Burke Chafin; his three children, Nancy Chafin, Troy Chafin, and Ellen and husband Bill Wavro; and his grandson Daniel Kenneth Wavro. He is also survived by his mother, Ella Mae Chafin Worthman, his sisters Norma C. Collard and Virginia C. Croman, and his half-brother, Michael Worthman. He was preceded in death by his father Thomas Troy Chafin and his brother Charles Chafin.
The Settegast-Kopf Co. Funeral Directors, 3320 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas, served the family. The family burial was held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery in Phillipsburg, near Brenham. A Memorial Service was held on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001 at 2:30 P.M. at South Main Baptist Church, 4100 Main Street, Houston, Texas with Dr. William L. Turner, Dr. Bill Leonard and Dr. Cecil Sherman officiating. The Deacons of South Main Baptist Church served as honorary pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory were requested to the Kenneth L. Chafin Memorial Fund at South Main Baptist Church Memorial Fund (4100 Main St. Houston, Texas 77002) or the Chafin Endowed Lectureship in Family Ministries at Baylor University (P.O. Box 97026, Waco, Texas 76798).
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