Former IMB executive William R. O’Brien dies at 86
DALLAS (BP) -- William R. O'Brien, former missionary to Indonesia and retired executive vice president of the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board), died Feb. 1 at age 86. O'Brien was a creative visionary and an out-of-the-box thinker who led others to do the same, said IMB Executive vice president Todd Lafferty. O'Brien helped Lafferty and others find their place in missions, Lafferty said.