Longtime Word&Way Columnist Doyle Sager Passed Away
Doyle Sager
Doyle Sager, a
Word&Way columnist and the lead pastor at First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away Friday (Jan. 22) after a battle with cancer. He was 69.
Word&Way Editor Emeritus Bill Webb, who led the publication from 1996-2016, reflected on knowing Sager for the last quarter-century. Sager served on the search committee that chose Webb as editor.
“Not too long after I accepted the editorship of
Word&Way, Doyle became pastor of First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, of which we were new members,” Webb said. “For nearly 20 years I addressed him simply as ‘pastor,’ and he always represented that calling faithfully to my family and others.”