FRANKLIN — Longtime Tennessee Baptist Claude King will forever be intertwined with Henry Blackaby.
Though Blackaby perhaps is best known for Experiencing God, the original version was co-authored by King, then an employee of the Baptist Sunday School Board (now Lifeway Christian Resources).
King, now retired from Lifeway but still involved in discipleship and prayer ministry from his home in Murfreesboro, reflected on the life and ministry of Blackaby, who died Feb. 10 at the age of 88.
In a statement provided to the Baptist and Reflector, King observed that “those we recognize as heroes of the faith, were actually common and ordinary men and women who were chosen and used by God to accomplish His Kingdom purposes. Henry Blackaby was such a man,” affirmed King, a member of Belle Aire Baptist Church in Murfreesboro and an original member of the Acts 2:17 Initiative Vision Team for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. He stepped down after messengers to the Tennessee Baptist Convention overwhelmingly approved vision and priority statements that will ultimately lead to every Tennessean hearing the gospel. [Read more…]