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JTR

In Memoriam: Lloyd Sprinkle (June 14, 1939-September 26, 2019)

Image: Lloyd Sprinkle, 2015.

Text received yesterday from Pastor Andy Rice of Providence Baptist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia:

Brother Lloyd Sprinkle passed away today, September 26, 2019 at 2:40 pm. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints” (Psalm 116:15).

There will be a private funeral service and burial on Saturday.

My response to Andy:

Very sorry to hear of Lloyd’s passing. Hard to believe. A good and godly man whom I have admired, as have many others. Jackie and the Providence brethren will be in our prayers.

In God’s providence, this news comes on the eve of the Keach Conference, a meeting which Lloyd regularly attended, and where he hosted a book table with Baptist and Puritan works from Sprinkle publications.

I looked back through my blog for a few posts where Lloyd appears:

My post on a visit to Lloyd Sprinkle in 2010.

2012 Keach Conference where Lloyd was one of the speakers, giving a message on “Total Depravity.”

2013 Keach Conference where Lloyd led the opening prayer.

I also recorded a podcast interview (WM 42) with Lloyd in 2015, not long after he had suffered a stroke and retired from his role as founding pastor of Providence BC, which he had served for 53 years. Lloyd's Sprinkle Publications is known all over the world by theologians and historians for its reprints of Puritan, Reformed, and historical (Southern) literature.

With thanks for Lloyd’s life and ministry. To God be the glory.

JTR

WM # 42: Interview with Lloyd Sprinkle

Image:  Lloyd Sprinkle in his study at Sprinkle Publications

I uploaded Word Magazine # 42 to sermonaudio.com today. There's been a big gap since the last WM.  This episode is an interview I did with Lloyd Sprinkle, pastor for over 53 years of Providence BC in Harrisonburg, Virginia and founder of Sprinkle Publications.

See also this post about a visit I had with the Sprinkles in March 2010.

Enjoy!  JTR

Image;  Providence BC, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Image:  Copies of Plumer's "Rock of our Salvation" from Sprinkle Publications on the bookshelf at Grace Evangelical Church in Hong Kong