{"id":25207,"date":"2024-12-23T04:05:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T02:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=25207"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:54:20","slug":"sam-laing-goes-home-to-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/sam-laing-goes-home-to-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Laing Goes Home to the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our family is saddened to announce that on December 12th, the Lord called home our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Sam Laing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wanted to share this news along with an open invitation to his memorial service on Saturday, February 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the winter of \u201869 Sam was baptized at University of Florida and soon became the campus minister for the Crossroads Church of Christ. What followed was a decade of spiritual revolution seeing thousands of college students baptized into Christ and hundreds of leaders sent out to build campus ministries across the country during the discipling movement of the ’70s. Many of these leaders and campus ministries came together to form what is now our current fellowship of churches. And Sam was there at the very start of it all. Throughout the years, he served as an evangelist in Atlanta, Boston, Miami, New Jersey, Raleigh, Athens, Fayetteville, and Palm Beach. He became a championing voice for godly marriages, building strong families, and a deep walk with God as an author of books like Raising Awesome Kids in Troubled Times<\/a><\/em>, Friends and Lovers<\/a><\/em>, Be Still My Soul<\/a><\/em>, The Guilty Soul\u2019s Guide to Grace<\/a><\/em>, and Mighty Man of God<\/a><\/em>. For over 55 years he has helped guide our fellowship by serving as a kingdom evangelist, elder, and teacher. Our church family has lost one of God\u2019s mightiest men this side of heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n

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As for us, we knew him as the most loving husband, the best father, and the sweetest grandaddy. Many of you knew him as a best friend, a sound advisor, the one who baptized you, an inspiring preacher, a compelling author, and a deep Bible teacher. As his family, when we picture him, we see him walking out to the woods behind our house to go on a prayer walk with his heavenly Father. Now, we know that his dream of walking with God side-by-side has become his reality. And though we mourn him in the most profound of ways, we will strive to follow his example. Sam leaves behind his wonderful wife, Geri, the love of his life, his partner in everything, and his devoted caretaker in his final years. He also leaves behind four children, their husbands and wives, and 14 grandchildren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join us in honoring his life on Saturday, February 15th in Durham, NC, with worship directed by Sherwin Mackintosh. Flowers can be sent to the Triangle Church on February 14th, or in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Camp Swamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Below is a tribute that a good friend, Jeff Chacon, wrote in honor of Sam.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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