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Longtime state discipleship leader Waldo Woodcock dies

Longtime Georgia Baptist state missionary Waldo Woodcock signs a Bible at a State Bible Drill meeting as his wife, Sarah, looks on. Woodcock led the Discipleship Training department for the Georgia Baptist Convention (now Georgia Baptist Mission Board) for 28 years. He died Dec. 26 at 90 years old. JUDY ROGERS/Special

Longtime Georgia Baptist state missionary Waldo Woodcock signs a Bible at a State Bible Drill meeting as his wife, Sarah, looks on. Woodcock led the Discipleship Training department for the Georgia Baptist Convention (now Georgia Baptist Mission Board) for 28 years. He died Dec. 26 at 90 years old. JUDY ROGERS/Special

Posted Friday, January 3, 2020 12:35 pm

Scott Barkley

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