{"id":1486,"date":"2013-11-18T12:08:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T19:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2015-07-30T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T19:35:12","slug":"hobbs-herschel-harold-1907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"HOBBS, HERSCHEL HAROLD, 1907-1995"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baptist clergyman; denominational leader. Born– October 24, 1907, Coosa Co. Parents– Elbert Oscar and Octavia (Whatley) Hobbs. Married– Frances Jackson. Children– One. Education– Howard College, B.A., 1932; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Th., 1935, Ph.D., 1938. Ordained a Baptist minister, Birmingham, 1929. Pastor of churches in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile, Ala., and in Alexandria, La., between 1929 and 1949.\u00a0 Pastor, First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1949-1973. \u00a0Member, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee and other committees and agencies; President, Southern Baptist Pastors Conference, Trustee, Southern Theological Seminary; and Oklahoma City Special Baptist Memorial Hospital Committee. President of Southern Baptist Convention for two terms; vice-president of Baptist World Alliance. Preacher for “The International Baptist Hour,”1958-1976. \u00a0Honors– Honorary degrees from Howard College; William Jewell College; Oklahoma City University; John Brown University. Named to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Retired as pastor emeritus of Oklahoma City First Baptist Church, 1973. Died November 28, 1995.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary Authors online; obituary.<\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basic Bible Sermons on John. Nashville; Broadway Press, 1990.<\/p>\n

Christ in You. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1963.<\/p>\n

Cowards or Conquerors. Valley Forge, Penn.; Judson Press, 1951.<\/p>\n

The Crucial Words from Calvary. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1958.<\/p>\n

The Epistles to the Corinthians, a Study Manual. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1960.<\/p>\n

Fundamentals of Our Faith. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1960.<\/p>\n

The Gospel of Giving. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1955.<\/p>\n

The Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1961.<\/p>\n

Messages on the Resurrection. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1960.<\/p>\n

Moses’ Mighty Men. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1958.<\/p>\n

My Favority Illustrations. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1990.<\/p>\n

New Testament Evangelism. Nashville; Convention Press, 1960.<\/p>\n

Preaching Values from the Papyri. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Baker Book House, 1964.<\/p>\n

Space Age Religion; Sermons. Fort Worth, Tex.; Southern Baptists Radio and Television Commission, 1963.<\/p>\n

Studies in Hebrews. Nashville; Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1954.<\/p>\n

The Ten Commandments; Sermons on “The Baptist Hour.” Fort Worth, Tex.; Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1961?<\/p>\n

The Victory of Faith; “Ten Best Baptist Hour Sermons of 1958-59.” Fort Worth, Tex.; Radio-Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1959.<\/p>\n

Welcome Speeches, and Emergency Addresses for All Occasions. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Zondervan, 1960.<\/p>\n

What Baptists Believe. Nashville; Broadman Press, 1963.<\/p>\n

Who is This? Nashville; Broadman Press, 1952.<\/p>\n

You Are Chosen; the Priesthood of All Believers. San Francisco; Harper & Row, 1990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biography: Baptist clergyman; denominational leader. Born– October 24, 1907, Coosa Co. Parents– Elbert Oscar and Octavia (Whatley) Hobbs. Married– Frances Jackson. Children– One. Education– Howard College, B.A., 1932; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Th., 1935, Ph.D., 1938. Ordained a Baptist minister, Birmingham, 1929. Pastor of churches in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile, Ala., and in Alexandria, La., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-g-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4756,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions\/4756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}