Hello! My name is Wyman Richardson.

I serve as the pastor of Central Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in North Little Rock, Arkansas. I'm not sure what all to say in an introduction post. Lol! My wife and I are from South Carolina. We have one daughter and she is a junior in college. I did my MDiv at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth and the DMin at the Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL. I pastored two Baptist churches in Georgia for a little over 12 years and have been the pastor of Central Baptist in NLR for eight years come January. When I was in seminary I pastored a small congregation just over the Oklahoma line for two years. I'm also editing the 8 volume "Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015," two volumes of which are now available.

 

Hello! I pastored Stonecrest Baptist Church in Woodstock, GA, and First Baptist Church in Dawson, GA (southwestern GA). So I was both above and below "the gnat line" in Georgia. I came here to Arkansas in January of 2011.

Yes, the Daily Sentinel did indeed do a piece on the series. We were grateful for it. Dr. Garrett is now 93 years old but sharp as ever. He and I correspond frequently in working on these volumes. He is, I believe, a member at First Baptist Nacogdoches. You are probably aware that earlier this year Baylor University had a "James Leo Garrett Jr. Day" at which he delivered a new lecture on Baptists and Anabaptists. Truly inspiring gentleman, Dr. Garrett.

It's a pleasure to meet you!

 

Hey Rob! Do so! Would be great to meet you.

 

I suppose almost a year later is not too long to respond, is it? That's great. I know Forrest City but I don't know Warren (I don't think). There's still a lot of towns in Arkansas I've yet to visit. I stop in Forrest City from time to time on the way to and from Memphis, though I do dread that stretch of I-40 between Little Rock and Memphis: too many trucks and too much construction!

But it is great to meet you. My apologies for the long delay!