Stories tagged with: john gibson

• Family speaks out about professor's suicide

  by Gary D. Myers, posted Wednesday, September 09, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

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  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The family of Baptist professor and pastor John Gibson is calling his death a suicide connected to the Ashley Madison website hack.

  By openly discussing the circumstances surrounding his death, including a CNN interview that aired Tuesday (Sept. 8), the Gibsons hope to help other families find forgiveness and reconciliation. Gibson served for 17 years as a professor at Leavell College, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's undergraduate college. Read More

• Seminary community mourns loss of John Gibson

  by Gary D. Myers, posted Wednesday, August 26, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The first day of a new semester was marred by sadness as New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Leavell College students learned of the death of John Gibson, professor of communication.

  Gibson, 56, died Aug. 24.

  A memorial service for Gibson, known for his acts of kindness within the seminary community, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, in Leavell Chapel on the seminary campus in a joint service with First Baptist Church in New Orleans where Gibson's wife Christi has served as minister of discipleship and missions. Read More