Sometime in the late 1980s I was presenting a paper on my dissertation when I noticed that the most important person in postwar American preaching was sitting in the first row. I had the opportunity ...

The Rev. Fred Craddock, the pulpit giant who was “like no other preacher you have ever heard,” has died, his church announced. Craddock, who redefined the art of preaching, died Friday in Blue Ridge, ...

The Candler School of Theology at Emory University will host a memorial service April 9 for world-renowned preacher, scholar and author Fred Brenning Craddock, who died earlier this month. Craddock ...

His son and namesake, Fred Jr., was one of his most devoted fans. Father and son developed a storytelling ritual. At the end of the day, the elder Craddock would return to his home in the small town ...

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