W. A. Criswell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Death== Criswell died quietly at the home of longtime friend Jack Pogue on January 10, 2002, at the age of 92.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=W. A. Criswell, a Baptist Leader, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/12/us/w-a-criswell-a-baptist-leader-dies-at-92.html |quote=The Rev. W. A. Criswell, a leader of the conservative movement now in control of the Southern Baptists and former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, one of the denomination's first megachurches, died on Thursday in Dallas. He was 92. ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=January 12, 2002 |access-date=2014-08-27 }}</ref> His death made national headlines, and as a farewell honor the city of Dallas closed off the U.S.-75 North Central Expressway for the celebrated pastor's funeral cortege. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page