Rev. Howard Allen Baldwin Jr.

1934 - 2021

BALDWIN, Rev. Howard Allen, Jr., 86, evangelist, pastor and artist, went home to be with his Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Howard, the only child of Emily Clayton and Howard Allen Baldwin Sr., was born in Richmond, Va. on August 20, 1934. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, the University of Richmond and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. After pastoring churches in Virginia, Indiana, the Chicago area and Bedfordshire, England, he entered a ministry of evangelism, using messages in art to share the good news of Christ. He was founder and president of Multi-Media Evangelism, through which he also had a ministry to the deaf, producing videotapes and DVDs of Bible studies in American Sign Language for churches, and he planned and led over 20 partnership missions overseas, mainly to England and Eastern European countries. He was greatly loved and will be missed by his wife of 63 years, Christine Kirk Baldwin; their two sons, Mark and Tim and their families. Mark S. Baldwin (Becky), Glen Allen, Va., Kelly Baldwin (fiance', Brian Parnell), Atlanta, Ga., Christopher Kesler (Mallory), Madison, Va., Matthew Kesler (Emma), Denver, Colo., and Jacob Baldwin (Savannah), Mechanicsville, Va. Dr. J. Timothy Baldwin (June), Rockville, Md., Dr. Rachel Lee, Atlanta, Ga., and Megan Baldwin, Fort Worth, Texas. A service of celebration will be Wednesday, May 19, at 1 p.m. at Ragland Memorial Baptist Church, 2838 Sandy Hook Rd. (Rt. 522), Goochland County, Va. In lieu of flowers, thanksgiving gifts may be given to Ragland Memorial Baptist Church, P. O. Box 185, Sandy Hook, Va. 23063 or The International Mission Board, SBC (Lottie Moon Offering), P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, Va. 23230. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." -Romans 1:16