Herschel Hobbs

Herschel H. Hobbs (1907-1995) was a Southern Baptist clergyman who served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1961 to 1963. He was born in Talladega Springs, Alabama. ^[1] David Dockery described him as "one of the most influential and shaping leaders in Southern Baptist life in the twentieth century". ^[2] Jerry Faught held him to be "perhaps the finest denominational statesman Southern Baptists have ever known." ^[3]

He chaired the committee that drafted the 1963 revision of the Baptist Faith and Message. ^[4] He graduated from Howard College (later named Samford University) and then attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he earned a doctorate in 1938. ^[1]

From 1949 to 1972 he served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK.

Hobbs was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1963. ^[5] He is memorialized at two places on the campus of Samford University. ^[6]

Partial list of writings of Herschel Hobbs

• Hobbs, Herschel H. My Faith and Message: An Autobiography. Broadman & Holman, 1993.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. "Southern Baptists and Confessionalism: A Comparison of the Origins and Contents of the 1925 and 1963." Review & Expositor 76, no. 1 (1979): 55-68.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. A Layman's Handbook of Christian Doctrine. Baptist Sunday School Board , 1974.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. "The Baptist Faith and Message-Anchored but Free." Baptist History and Heritage 13, no. 3 (1978): 34ff.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. The Origin of All Things: Studies in Genesis. Word Books, 1975.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. The Cosmic Drama: An Exposition of the Book of Revelation. Word Books, 1971.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. An Exposition of the Gospel of Mark. Baker Book House, 1970.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. "Pastoral dilemmas in baptismal practice: A symposium." Review & Expositor 65, no. 1 (1968): 69-74.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. An Exposition of the Gospel of Matthew. Baker Book House, 1965.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. What Baptists Believe. Baptist Sunday School Board, 1964.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. Fundamentals of our faith. Baptist Sunday School Board, 1960.
• Hobbs, Herschel H. "Bible Study and the Southwide Revival." Review & Expositor 36, no. 2 (1939): 187-196.
• Paschall, H. Franklin, and Herschel H. Hobbs, eds. The teacher's Bible commentary: A concise, thorough interpretation of the entire Bible designed especially for Sunday School teachers. B&H Publishing Group, 1972.

References

1. Saxon, Wolfgang (1995-12-02). "Herschel H. Hobbs, 88, Southern Baptist Leader". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-11-12.
2. p. 216Dockery, David S. "Herschel H. Hobbs." In George, Timothy, and David S. Dockery, eds. Theologians of the Baptist Tradition, 216-232. B&H Publishing Group, 2001.
3. Faught, Jerry. “The Denominationalism of Herschel H. Hobbs (1907–1995): Conservative Advocate for Organizational Unity,” Gaskin Lecture #2, Oklahoma Baptist University, 2000.
4. "Hobbs, Herschel H. | 1963". oklahomahof.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
5. "Hobbs, Herschel H. | 1963". oklahomahof.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
6. Bains, David R. (2021-01-05). "Herschel Hobbs Memorials at Samford University". Chasing Churches. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

Relevant writings about Herschel Hobbs

• Brown, Matthew Edward. Herschel Harold Hobbs: Southern Baptist preceptor. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, doctoral dissertation, 2015.
• Dockery, David S. "The Life and Legacy of Herschel H. Hobbs (1907-1995)." Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 1 (2003): 62-78.
• Garrett Jr, James Leo. "From Denominational Statesman to Rejected Leader; From Neglected Author to Recovered Author?." Southwestern Journal of Theology 54, no. 2 (2012): 141-49.
• Hopkins Jr, Albert Peery. An analysis of the theological method of Herschel H. Hobbs and his doctrines of Christ and salvation. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1994.
• Masona, Rodney. Preaching the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit: Discipleship Formation in the Preaching of Herschel Hobbs. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, doctoral dissertation, 2016.