wfn.org | Re: AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS FOR NOV. 15, 1996

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AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

Doward McBain, American Baptist Leader, Dies

 Word has been received of the death Nov. 8 of Dr. L. 
Doward McBain, former American Baptist Churches president, 
pastor and administrator.  He was 82.
 McBain served as president of the (then) American 
Baptist Convention in 1967-1968.  He held numerous positions 
of denominational leadership, including national chair of 
the Evangelistic Life Style program in the 1970s and member 
of the Convention's General Council and Executive Committee 
of the Division of Cooperative Christianity. 
 He was active in ecumenical work through involvements 
in both the National Council of Churches and World Council 
of Churches.
 McBain served as president of the American Baptist 
Seminary of the West from 1977 to 1984.  He also was chair 
of the Board of Trustees of that school and was a member of 
the Board of Trustees of the University of Redlands.
 During a 40-year ministry he held pastorates in New 
York City; Covina, Calif.; and Phoenix, Ariz.
 Condolences may be sent to his wife, Ann, and family 
at 18170 N. 91st. Ave., Apt. 1210, Peoria, AZ 85382.

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