September 18, 2024
Pastor Bobby Mullins posted these words on Facebook on Aug. 27, — “What if you only had one month to live? … What would you do to make the rest of your life really matter?”
He had no idea he and his wife, Wanda, would lose their lives in a car accident just over a week later.
In the days since, that Facebook post — which includes a link to a video of one of his sermons from 2008 called “Living Like You’re Dying” — has more than 91,000 views.
“If you live like you’re dying, you’re going to give God your last breath and you’re going to keep giving it for Him until you have your last breath,” Bobby Mullins said in that sermon.
He said if he knew he only had a short time to live, he “wouldn’t know anything else to do but lean on Jesus.”
“We need to live every day like it’s the last day that we have,” Bobby Mullins said.
His church, Kirk Baptist Church in Piperton, Tennessee, and others have shared words that indicate they believe he did just that. Many people have shared their memories of the Mullinses on Facebook in the days since their death.
“I know when he passed thru heavens gate, in Brother Bobby’s own words: WELL GLORY!,” one poster wrote.
Others called him “a true man of God” and “truly a blessing to so many.”
Bobby Mullins served in ministry for more than 40 years, much of that time spent as a senior pastor. Wanda Mullins, who worked as a health unit coordinator at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, played the piano and keyboard over the years at the churches where her husband served.
When Bobby Mullins was pastor of Central Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, he started a biweekly television broadcast called “In Times Like These.” He later started another television program, “A Fresh Start,” which is still airing today and is the host site for the “Living Like You’re Dying” sermon.
The cover photo for Kirk Baptist’s Facebook page — which was posted in 2022 — also asks the question, “If you died today, where would you spend eternity?” The photo used in the design is a photo of a car crash.
The Mullins family posted on Facebook on Sept. 5 asking everyone who read their update to “take a moment to evaluate where you are in your relationship with Jesus Christ.”
“This is not the time to be lukewarm in our faith. If you do not know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, we have multiple friends and pastor friends who would love to help you with that decision today. … Please don’t wait.”
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This story first appeared in The Baptist Paper.
