We were sad but also joyful to hear today of the passing of Phil Card. Phil is now sitting in the very presence of our Lord, and he is worshipping at the throne. It has been the goal of his life, and it is now reality.
Phil and Doris Card have been some of God’s finest servants on this earth for many wonderful years. Before I ever arrived in Colorado in 1980, the two of them had given a lifetime of service in the Northern Plains. Phil had already given “fits” to Nicy Murphy and Glenn Braswell and many others. He had scattered flyers all over Glorieta, had taught dozens to fly, and had done at least one “wheels up” landing with the CBGC airplane. Most of all, he had a wonderful Christian influence on hundreds of BSU students and leaders in the churches all across the mountain states. His reputation at Nashville was enormous; I never attended a national meeting with Church Training leaders without someone bringing up Phil’s name and reputation. He was loved around the world.
His funeral will be later this week at Mississippi Avenue Baptist Church in Aurora, Colorado. Hundreds will be there to remember and honor him. Doris will be filled with sadness but with gratefulness for the life of her wonderful husband. He has lived a full life of ministry. He has been found faithful.
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I was one of his students in 1999. What wonderful example of Christ and a fine pilot. He will be missed. Please tell Doris that Matt Litton sends his condolences and that I will never forget Phil Card.
I knew him back in 1955 and forward as he came to Baker, Montana, in response to our plea of no Southern Baptist Church there. He flew his plane there and helped us start that church at the request of my mother, Shirley Cook. That church still exists as Lakeview Baptist Church. Phil Card was such a wonderful happy memory for me.
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