Carroll Brownlow Hastings

Published in the Austin American-Statesman on 12/24/2006.

Dr. Carroll Brownlow Hastings (CB) Mar. 5, 1916 - Dec. 18, 2006 C. Brownlow Hastings, minister, teacher and Biblical scholar, died peacefully in Austin, Texas, on December 18, 2006. He was 90 years old. Dr. Hastings was born March 5, 1916, to Baptist minister, L.T. Hastings and his wife, Cora Brownlow Hastings. He began college at Mars Hill and graduated from Baylor University in 1937; the following year was spent in Tampa, Florida, where he was ordained in 1938 before entering Southwestern Seminary. In 1941, Hastings pastored First Baptist Church, Harrisburg, IL where he was met his wife Jeanette. Hastings completed his education with a doctorate in Greek studies from Southern Seminary and became pastor of Central Baptist Church, Marshall, Tex., in 1949. After 2 1/2 years, he took the call of Chaplain at Buckner's Children's Home and dean of Bible at Buckner Academy in Dallas, Texas. Hastings also helped establish and was the first director of the Baylor University Extension Division in Dallas. From 1960-1970, Hastings served as minister of education at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas where he founded the University of Christian Life. The next 11 years he held the position of liaison to Catholics in the (Southern) Baptist Home Mission Board's Interfaith Witness Department. In retirement, Hastings directed the Northwest Center in Portland, OR, for Golden Gate Seminary and served as adjunct professor of Missions at Southeastern Baptist Seminary and of Greek at Memphis Seminary. His books include Introducing Southern Baptists: Their Faith and Life (Paulist Press, 1981) and Harmony Among Christians: A Model Other Than Structural Union (Glad River Pub, 1982). He is held in loving memory by his children, John Hastings of Austin; Larry Hastings of Dallas; Nancy Hastings Sehested, Ashville, NC; Abigail Hastings of New York City; and Roger Hastings of Dallas. Shizue Kaneko Fukuda of Tokyo, Japan, is his daughter-by-heart. Also dear to him are daughters-in-law, Helen and Marilyn and son-in-law, Ken. His grandchildren are Jessica, Alayna, Trevor, Nate, Sara, Whitney, Allyson, and Julie. He has one great- grandson, Jordan. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette Allard and by his grandson, Ryan. A memorial service will be held at Highland Park Baptist Church, 5206 Balcones Drive, Austin, Texas, on Sunday, January 7, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. The family requests donations instead of flowers or gifts. Please visit the memorial web site on-line at ( http://home.austin.rr.com/hashouse/cbh/memorial/) for more information. Arrangements under the direction of Beck Funeral Home.