Read the main article on Fred Craddock in retirement. The idea for the Craddock Center began when a Head Start staffer in Ellijay, Georgia, called Cherry Log Christian Church and spoke to Fred ...

Sometime in the late 1980s I was presenting a paper on my dissertation when I noticed that the most important person in postwar American preaching was sitting in the first row. I had the opportunity ...

The Candler School of Theology at Emory University will host a memorial service April 9 for world-renowned preacher, scholar and author Fred Brenning Craddock, who died earlier this month. Craddock ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Rev. Fred Craddock, the pulpit giant who ...

Fred Craddock was a young preacher trying to find his voice when he received a call from his mother one day. “You need to go see your father,” she said. “He may not live longer.” Craddock found his ...