I stop and thank the Lord for the life of Junior Hill. What a godly example for all of us. God Bless the memory of Junior Hill, he certainly lived The Great Commission!
HARTSELLE, Ala. (BP) – Junior Hill, a beloved and in-demand evangelist among Southern Baptists for more than 50 years, died Jan. 3 at his home in Hartselle, Ala. He was 87.
Hill conducted more than 1,800 revivals – from Sunday-to-Sunday meetings for many years, adding “Harvest Days” in subsequent years – and was a sought-after speaker for pastors’ conferences, state conventions and evangelism meetings across the country. He also spoke in various camp meeting, seminary and college settings and engaged in numerous overseas campaigns.
In 1989, he was elected as the SBC’s first vice president at the convention’s annual meeting in Las Vegas. The first of his many messages at the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference was in 1981 in Los Angeles.
In his 2005 autobiography, “They Call Him Junior,” Hill noted that the “most delightful joy of life on the road is the overwhelming honor of seeing so many precious souls come to faith in Christ.”
Yet, he never tallied the number of professions of faith during his 68-plus years of ministry, writing, “Only the dear Lord in Heaven knows those facts and I am perfectly content to await His final report.”
Hill entered full-time evangelism in 1967, after 11 years in pastorates at two churches in Hartselle, one in rural Mississippi and one in Birmingham, Alabama. More Here
