Steve Gaines, the senior pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife Donna standing by his side, announced to their church family on Sunday that doctors have told him he has kidney cancer.
Gaines, 65, who served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2016 to 2018, told the congregation about his health problems near the close of the 11:00 a.m. service.
“This past Friday, I was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and we just wanted to tell you. And we wanted you to hear it from us,” he said.
“And we’ve got some great doctors. And we’ve got the best doctor, Jesus,” Gaines said as he raised his right hand in praise and smiled.
The Bellevue Baptist senior pastor explained he has had some tests and will soon be treated at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. U.S. News & World Report ranked the teaching hospital as one of the best cancer facilities in the nation in treating adult cancers.
“So all we’re wanting you to do is pray for us,” Gaines said. “And we wanted to tell you firsthand. We didn’t want you to hear it from somebody else. We wanted to
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