(RNS) — Wiley Drake, a California pastor who rallied Southern Baptists to boycott Disney in the 1990s, has died.
Drake, 82, died on Jan. 27. The Southern Baptist Convention announced his death on Tuesday (Feb. 10).
A longtime pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, California — not far from Disneyland — was a self-styled “champion of the little guy,” known for his outspoken opinions at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meetings. His enthusiasm for speaking at meetings as a church delegate, known as a messenger, and for having his say about the direction of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination was an example of what makes the convention work, said former SBC President Bart Barber…