Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Henry J. Lyons, the former president of the National Baptist Convention, died in Tampa. He was 83.

(RNS) — ‘I felt that I had to resign, I should resign and therefore, I did resign,’ Lyons said about stepping down as denominational president in 1999. (RNS) — The Rev. Henry J. Lyons, the onetime ...

Henry Lyons, former controversial Tampa Bay-area pastor, dead at 83 Former Tampa Bay-area pastor and former president of the National Baptist Convention, Dr. Henry Lyons, has passed away at 83 years ...