1.   Criswell is pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church in Dallas.

2.   Darby is pastor emeritus at West High Baptist Church in central Phoenix.

3.   Gardner C. Taylor, pastor emeritus, The Concord Bapitst Church of Christ, Brooklyn, N.Y.

4.   He and Criswell, a pastor emeritus of First Baptist who is battling illness, exchanged correspondence about two years ago.

5.   He retired from his church position in March, becoming pastor emeritus.

6.   He was named pastor emeritus a year later.

7.   Kilgore was pastor emeritus of Second Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist church in Los Angeles.

8.   The Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, pastor emeritus of the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, served as leader of the informal group.