Henry J. Lyons, once-imprisoned National Baptist Convention USA president, dies at 83
FILE - The Rev. Henry Lyons, right, pastor of the Bethel Metropolitan Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Fla., and president of the National Baptist Convention USA, talks to the media with his wife, Deborah, left, and supporters Friday, July 11, 1997, in St. Petersburg. Deborah was arrested earlier in the week and charged with attempting to burn down a $700,000 home that Rev. Lyons bought for another woman. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
(RNS) — ‘I felt that I had to resign, I should resign and therefore, I did resign,’ Lyons said about stepping down as denominational president in 1999.
