Edward William Fudge (1944–2017)

He started preaching in 1960 as a junior in high school and preached and taught the Bible for the rest of his life. In his more than 45 years as a pastor, teacher and lecturer.Edward graduated from Athens Bible School, Florida College, and Abilene Christian University, where he earned two degrees in biblical languages. He attended Covenant Theological Seminary and Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Edward also earned a law degree from the University of Houston in 1988 and for the next 29 years, he practiced law with Jenkens & Gilchrist, Simmons & Fletcher, and The Lanier Law Firm.For 21 years he produced an internationally-distributed email devotional called gracEmail. He wrote numerous Christian books and published articles in Christianity Today and other popular and scholarly journals.
Edward’s church family since 1982 was Bering Drive Church of Christ in Houston, where he served as a Bible teacher and for 18 years as an elder.