Henry Randall Pike, 90, husband of Addien Pike, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Born in Nashville, TN, he was a son of the late Henry and Gertrude Spears Pike. Mr. Pike was led to Christ by his Sunday School teacher, Ruth Gifford. At eighteen years of age, heContinue Reading
Desiree Robertson Whitlock
left a message on June 7, 2023:
My family and I lived next door to the Pike family for many of my growing up years in Mt. Juliet, TN. Wonderful neighbors and I always enjoyed hearing about Randall's crusades. I am so sorry for your loss but rejoice that Randall is with our Lord in heaven.
Donna Robertson Nolen
left a message on June 6, 2023:
A true faithful servant and saint of God has left us. Randall's parents became our next door neighbors and through the years I was privileged to meet Randall, Addien and family and his brothers and sister. Randall would write to my Dad about his work in the mission field. I would sit, transfixed, as he shared from his heart about his love of Jesus and his unwavering sharing of the gospel. He was bold and he was also kind and humble. My prayers go out the family.
Natanya Steyn
left a message on May 3, 2023:
I met Uncle Randy at Kempton Park Bible Church when I was a young girl. At a time when church could be “boring”, his services kept me enraptured. He was dynamic and brilliant, but humble and kind. I was blessed to be baptised by him, and remember the impact he had in my life, at a time when I really needed it. Rest in Peace Uncle Randy.
David Isbell
left a message on April 3, 2023:
I met Bro Randy in South Africa in the early eighties. He preached for us at the church my wife and I started in Kempton Park. He was an encouragement to us as we were just getting started in mission work there. Recently we were able to reconnect. It was a blessing to hear from him and to hear his encouraging voice again. We pray for his wife and family at this time. May our Lord bless and comfort you all.
David and Cathy Isbell
Shepherds Watchmen, Inc.
Diane Grizzle
left a message on March 29, 2023:
Bro. Randy Pike came to our church, Sharon Baptist Cumming, Ga., many years ago. He was such a blessing to me. He sent me a copy of his book Suffering & Death The Saint’s Highest Calling. Along with the book he sent a letter with a sweet note written on it. He is truly a hero in Christ. I look forward to seeing him again one day.? I am attaching a copy of the letter.
My condolences to you Mrs. Addien.
Love in Christ,
Diane Grizzle
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Van and Amy Caldwell
left a message on March 28, 2023:
Van and I express our deepest condolences to your family. However, we rejoice that this great soldier of the faith is running! His great faith that he preached and lived is sight in the purest form. Even so come quickly Lord. Please refer to March/April 2023 issue of Baptist Bread, dated Tuesday, March 28th..remarkable.
Michael Miller
left a message on March 28, 2023:
Dr. Pike mentored my father, Tony Miller, and for this I will always be grateful. What a remarkable man of God!
I used Dr. Pike's harmony commentary on the Gospels (Selah) more than any other resource in my research for my dissertation. He knew how to combine the theological and practical in a way that is almost unrivaled.
The world was not worthy of him (Heb. 11:38). Grateful he is finally Home!
Our love and prayers for sweet Mrs. Pike.
Marcel Saayman
left a message on March 27, 2023:
a Good person that helped alot of people and spread the love of God.
Paul & Marla Fields
left a message on March 27, 2023:
God left many of Dr. Pike's spiritual fingerprints all over the globe. He made an impact on my life in his later years. We reminisced about ministry in Africa, where he served, and where I was born. I will miss his mentoring. With each opportunity I spent with him, I came away with another perspective of the Lord Jesus and the Word of God. In his excruciating pain, he nudged people closer to the cross. He did not live in vain.
Karen Scott
left a message on March 27, 2023:
Forever grateful to Bro Randy for his passion in leading the lost to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
My husband was such a one.?
Psalm 91 : 1
Kevin Frederick Deuter
left a message on March 27, 2023:
We would like to add to our previous messages how much we appreciate Bro Randy and Sis Addien. Their love to us and acceptance of us and or family will be a treasured memory for life.
Sandra Rayner (Stafford)
left a message on March 27, 2023:
Oh Mother my heart is broken. Sending love you and the family. Randy is in glory with the Lord. I can just see him catching up with all who went before him around the throne.
Pastor Richard Cole
left a message on March 25, 2023:
We loved, prayed for, and supported Brother Randy for about 40 years at the two churches I pastored. He was a good friend and will be sorely missed. I know he is basking in the love of the one who he faithfully served for so many years. We will be praying for all of his family.
Pastor Richard Cole and Faith Baptist Church, Gainesville, GA
Terry & Becky Norris
left a message on March 25, 2023:
Bro. & Mrs. Pike were such a blessing to us in our early years of ministry & although we haven’t been able to see them in a long time, I’ve never forgotten the sweet spirit & strength that they displayed & the help I personally received.
I’m amazed at Bro. Pike’s testimony and all that God allowed him & Mrs Addien to do! Your family is in our thoughts & prayers❤️
Terry & Becky Norris
left a message on March 25, 2023:
Bro. & Mrs. Pike were such a blessing to us in our early years of ministry & although we haven’t been able to see them in a long time, I’ve never forgotten the sweet spirit & strength that they displayed & the help I personally received.
I’m amazed at Bro. Pike’s testimony and all that God allowed him & Mrs Addien to do! Your family is in our thoughts & prayers❤️
Trevor and Coby Bell
left a message on March 25, 2023:
Coby and I were still young in the faith when Randy and Addien come to Bez Valley Baptist in South Africa in the early 1970's. They both made a lasting impact on our walk in the faith since then. He was a powerful preacher in the pulpit, yet gentle and meek as a lamb out of it, following our Lord's example. He motivated us to study God's word and live it out. Many were the happy experiences in their home. Addien was a supportive wife and companion and also taught us much. He is now with the Lord as he had long longed for, enjoying his reward for a rich faithful life. One day we will meet him again at the Benjamin gate.
"Well done thou good and faithful servant.......enter thou into the joy of the Lord."
Karie Crockett
left a message on March 24, 2023:
Dear Addien and Pike family,
The Crockett family is blessed to have known Randy for almost 8 years. Both Randy and Addien are so pleasant to be around. It was always lovely being in your home. Rosemary cooked the most delicious meal for us when we first moved to Greenville. You opened your home to us multiple times and were always so generous to us. My girls and I have fond memories of card making with Addien. We loved seeing Randy on these occasions and hearing his words of encouragement. His love and admiration for Addien was always so evident as well as his deep love for the Lord. It was always a blessing to be in your home. Thank you for sharing with us these last 8 years. We will greatly miss Randy. We love you, Addien, and we believe Randy's words admitting that you are the best Christian he knew.
Love,
The Crocketts
Dave Holowaty
left a message on March 24, 2023:
Thank you God for Mr. Pike!
Heaven alone will reveal the extent of Mr. and Mrs. Pikes influence around the world.
I remember in 1991 as a nineteen-year-old how Mr. Pike prayed for and with me as I received Christ as my Saviour in his dear friend Sid Hunters house.
Both the Pikes and Hunters were friends of my Grandparent starting in Yarwun, QLD the 1960's and spoke of these men and their wives with great fondness. My parents and my wife and I have had the privilege to sit under their ministry too.
Every time I'd talk with Mr. Pike on the phone, he'd always be full of questions about how I or my family was going. If you ever would ask him how he was, he would change the subject if you weren't careful. I've noticed Mrs. Pike does the same too.
Theirs is one of the few marriages I've seen where you could clearly see they were hopelessly deeply in love, sweethearts, as well as best friends! Their love for Christ and lost souls amazing!
Truly the memory of the just is blessed! God bless and keep you at this time Mrs. Pike! Thank you for your love and labours beside your exceptionally special husband.
Your influence here goes on strongly, and I'm sure as it is in many places around the world.
Love you,
Dave Holowaty.
Bill & Nina Meyer
left a message on March 23, 2023:
Joy and sadness at Bro Randy’s home going. Randy and Addine were instrumental in our spiritual growth as young Christians over 40 years ago setting a wonderful example to us. We stayed in contact regularly and prayed for him and Addine daily since we met them.
We look forward to having wonderful fellowship with him in heaven.
warren hoffman
left a message on March 22, 2023:
Pastor Randy reminds of the elderly lady Anna who Luke 2:38….gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all….He signed off his email letters with 2Tim2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
He is such an example to me of Luke2:38 and 2 Tim2:3.
You are now experiencing undiluted joy.
AMEN.
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
KEITH CABLE
left a message on March 21, 2023:
What a joy and a privilege to have had brother Randy and dear Adienne as loving friends these past 58yrs. We always thank God that He led us to meet in Alice Springs all those years ago and to be able to work beside them in seeking to furtherance the Gospel in that dry and dusty outback. Their influence has remained with us all these years. To all the family ,your Dad and Mum will always be in our hearts.
Judy Smith
left a message on March 21, 2023:
Addien, not sure if you remember me, we went to Unity Baptist together. You helped me make a quilt one time. So very sorry to hear about Randy, he was such a precious man of God. I know you are going to miss him! Praying for you and love you sweet lady
Karen Zeringue
left a message on March 21, 2023:
I am so sorry for your loss. Brother Pike is in Glory now! Praise God for that.
I've heard so much good about him. I go to Marantha Baptist Church in Monroe, La
Brother Warren and Sister Vanessa, English of Happy Valley Baptist Church of Villa Rica Georgia
left a message on March 20, 2023:
I have been praying for Randy and sister Addien for 23 years. His publications and teachings have been a great asset to me and my ministries. Heaven is a a little sweeter, knowing he is there. My prayers go out to the family. I am glad to know we haven’t lost him because we know exactly where he is now. There are no crutches in heaven.
Wanda Phillips Paris
left a message on March 20, 2023:
Bro. Randy made an impact on so many lives throughout the years. Mother and Daddy (Red and Marie Phillips) traveled many miles to attend the church where Bro. Randy pastored. They prayed for him daily until dementia took their memories. I know that God will bless the Pike family as you navigate this path of living without him.
Ian Jamieson
left a message on March 20, 2023:
Hamba kahle / Farewell Bro Randy and condolences to the family,
Indeed a saint has gone home and with great fondness realise our gracious Lord had providentially brought Bro Randy across our path for His eternal purposes; when I was in a mess, after years in the Rhodesian military and then without direction in a strange land, namely; South Africa. Bro Randy and Sister Addien have been such an encouragement and inspiration to our family over many years. I recall many years back visiting Pigeon Forge and met Pastor Ed Parton, whom picking up on my accent enquired if I had heard of Missionary Randy Pike. What astonishment when relating that I came to faith in The Saviour during his message preached in September 1983, entitled "The Cross of Jesus Christ and how your sin put him there!" Shared this from my Pulpit yesterday. A tribute to a Saint we don't deserve. Jamieson family; Ian, Cynthia, Lauren and Lindsay. Missionaries in the U.K.
Kevin Huseman
left a message on March 20, 2023:
Declaring the Gospel to a perishing world into the last breath this side of paradise… may God, by His grace, in the finished work of His Son cause each Christian’s witness to include such a evidence. Praise God for sharing brother Pike with us.
Darlene Mullinax
left a message on March 20, 2023:
RIP Mr Pike,
I didn’t spend a lot of time with you, but on the times I saw you you always so receptive. I feel so Blessed to have had those times with you,
And that your family know it’s Faith that will lift them up. God Bless
Peter Blake
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Farewell, Bro. Randy. We shall meet again! God, so providentially, used you in my life. From your first glimpse of me playing ‘cops and robbers’ around the church building and loving me, despite my teenage rebellion, later giving me those sobering words from 2 Timothy 2:3 as I headed overseas for training and ministry, and then in 2001, travelling to be present for my ordination to the gospel ministry. And so many other wonderful memories! My four children were visibly moved and affected when I brought them to visit you and Addien in Greenville, SC. I salute you, faithful soldier of Jesus Christ!
Tom & Ruth Page
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Our love and condolences go out to Aidine and the whole family. Tom and Bro Randy grew up together in Mt Juliet, TN. Tom remembers the two of them hopping a freight train in their teenage years to go to Texas to work in the wheat harvest. I (Ruth) remember meeting them for the first time when they spent a night or two with us in CA on their way to Australia. I fell in love with that family and wanted to go to Australia with them. What a Godly family! Earth's loss is certainly heaven's gain!
Jennifer Culver
left a message on March 19, 2023:
I remember Bro. Randy Pike coming to my Papaw Fred Wilson church in TN. He was always an inspiration to hear preach.
Pastor Bobby L Leonard
left a message on March 19, 2023:
I only heard Bro Pike once in Pigeon Forge, Pastor Ed Parton. Pastor Parton had great love and respect for Bro Pike. Pastor Parton called me a few years ago about a need for a new wheel chair. Our church was able by God’s grace to send him a ck for the entire amt, gladly. I am so glad God let us help such a brother before he crossed over
Daniel B
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Dear Pike family,
Thank you for your faithful testimony and commitment to serve the Lord over the years. Regretfully, I never met Brother Pike, yet his writings have been a huge help and an encouragement. I look forward to meeting him one day in eternity. We are praying for you from South Asia.
In Christ,
Daniel B
Ross Ormerod senior
left a message on March 19, 2023:
The short time I knew Mr Pike and the talks we had and to hear him preach was just a taste of what it will be like when I see Jesus. Mr Pike will be rejoicing in Heaven now. My condolences to Adine his lovely wife and his families. Randy won’t be on those crutches ever again. No more pain no more suffering for the most Godly person I ever knew. Miss you Randy but will meet you again.
Alina Ormerod
left a message on March 19, 2023:
I am so happy for Randy, he is finally meeting his Father in Heaven after doing his work on earth, I can just imagine him in his last moments, with Addiene by his side, ‘Mother, I am so excited, it’s time, it’s time, I am finally meeting Him’
Bless him and you and your family Addiene. What a ministry you have given and a blessing you are.
All my love, Alina xxx
Ross Ormerod
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Dearest Mrs Pike,
You and Mr Pike are family to me. We will always stick by you, although I'm halfway across the globewe are right there with you. God was good to your husband, to send him such a woman as you. I cant forget the huge smile on your face, as Mr Pike preached. Its embedded in my memory. I thank God for your service,you and Randy are an inspiration to me, and many other lives you touched here in Australia.
Ill never forget the first time I heard Mr Pike preach in 1990 at Good Shepherd Baptist church, Australia.
I was an 8 year old boy, normally quite bored in church wishing I was outside. As he made his way to the pulpit andwalked up 3 stairs he already had my undivided attention - even before I heard him preach for the first time. After being with Randy for just 2 years of my life, I can honestly say thatthis obituary is the least that could be said about him. He had a profound effect on my christian walk. Randy is one of only a couple of men I look up to, he ran his race and stayed faithful to God till the very end, even in the face of suffering, he onlyloved Jesus more and more. He was humble but strong, kind but unrelenting. Ill never forget how good he and Mrs Pike madeus kids feel, especially when talking to them one on one. I wont forget it. Even at 41 years old, I remember like it was yesterday.
In one or more of his recent messages, he said he would go out of this world preaching the gospel. And he did.How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel? No man is good, but God alone. But as far as men go, Mr Pike was as good as they come.
The last words Randy ever spoke to me when I was 10 years old were; "Ross, you stay right next to Jesus"And I'm almost certain that his last words to everybody reading this would be to "Give somebody a gospel tract"
Thank you Mr and Mrs Pike for your dedication.
Love Mandy, Jade, Ross, Kimberley, Alina and Ross Snr
Kevin and Dawn Deuter
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Farewell brother,pastor, principal, and beloved friend. Get those running shoes on for we will be there soon. There's a great big hole in our hearts till we see you with Jesus. With tears and praise Mrs Midnight and brother Deuter.
Donald Brack
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Brother Randy, you will be fiercely missed! I shall miss you and am sad for us left behind! but rejoice knowing you are in your forever home now! I love you and owe you so very much that I will never be able to repay! We all look forward to our meeting again!
Your Forever Brother!
Don in Kentucky!
Michael & Sharlotte McGary
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Dear Addien & Children,
Bro Randy was the greatest teacher we have ever sat under. We sat at his feet each Tuesday soaking up his knowledge of the Scriptures. We sat spellbound for an hour and it came to an end before we were ready. What started out as one man and his wife asking if they could come and learn about the Bible, grew until there were up to 25 who were blessed by his teaching. He made the Bible come alive. He was so kind and loving. We came to him for advice, we came with our sorrows, and he would always counsel us from the Word of God. The women would bring treats and Addien was always there making her famous iced tea. We were so blessed! This went on for about 3 years, until Bro. Randy felt he was losing some ground, and he was worried he might not present God’s Word correctly. We will never forget the last lesson he taught. Paul was soon to die and he wrote to the best friend he ever had, Timothy. Then he began to teach, “A sower went out to sow” and he encouraged us all to sow the seed.
Thank you, Addien, for your hospitality and loving spirit for all that time.
How beautiful Heaven must be…I can imagine Bro Randy kicking up his heels and leaping from the streets of gold, Yippee! Hallelujah!
We love you! Michael “The” and Sharlotte McGary
Liliane, Carole, and Chloe
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Brother Randy has left an eternal impact on our life. He taught us to love the Lord and to trust Him always. We all love him and we will cherish every moment we spent with him and with precious Addien, every prayer, every Bible verse he shared, and every story he told.
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Janice Jernigan Suter
left a message on March 18, 2023:
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. I love you all and as you know God will see you through.
Debbie Moczygemba
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Miss Addien, you and Bro. Randy are so loved by my family. Thank you for all the memories we have of you both. Heaven is truly the greatest “family reunion” place ever. Till we meet again. Love, Cas and Debbie Moczygemba & family.
Julie Howe
left a message on March 18, 2023:
He is now whole. ♥️ Praying for those he left behind, especially Addien.
Lindsey Green (formerly Link)
left a message on March 18, 2023:
There was nothing special about my family, why he took notice of us. But he and his dear wife, “Nana”, loved us, ministered to us, inspired my desire for missions, and led me to Christ when I was 10 years old. He marked 2 Timothy 2:3 in my Bible and it was a verse that carried me through my childhood and adolescent years. Many years later when I saw him for what would be my last time on earth, he gave me another verse that I clung to throughout my waiting years: Psalm 27:14. Memories flash back: watching him work his way on crutches into the pulpit every Sunday morning, him teaching me about baptism at their dining room table, peeking in a room where I watched him say goodbye to their Kentucky home (where my family had met and known him for three years).
This man who had served God faithfully through utmost suffering, who had preached all over the world and ministered to thousands of people, still had time for an insignificant little girl. I remember sitting in his van with him once as a kid, expressing my grief over the street children in Brazil and my desire to be a missionary to them. But I was worried that by the time I grew up, there would no longer be a need for me. I remember his voice as he said “they will only need it more”. I’ve never made it to Brazil to help those children. Maybe, hopefully, some day. But I am trying to teach my own children about Jesus in the meantime. God used this faithful man to give me the greatest gift in teaching me about God, and I feel a responsibility to carry it on.
I am thankful and honored to have known Pastor Pike and to have been one of the ones to have called him “Papa”. As sad as it feels to know his presence is no longer on this earth, I am so overjoyed to know he is no longer and never will be in any more pain. After a lifetime of suffering, what inexplicable joy he must be experiencing in the presence of his beloved Lord. My kids were asking me about “impossible” today, what it means. “Impossible” is a suffering paraplegic faithfully carrying the Gospel for decades upon decades all over the world…But God.
Ed Kilgore
left a message on March 18, 2023:
A giant among men. Now in the presence of the Lord of all,
Brandon Link
left a message on March 18, 2023:
For nearly the entire 30 years of my life, Pastor Pike has been an influence on my parents. Right now, I am reading “Selah!” at night, as I remember my dad doing. And riding in the car, I listen to recorded sermons that, while I’m sure I heard them when I was a child, carry so much more meaning now as an adult. Receiving his prayer letters signed “his happy slaves, camping at the foot of the cross” placed such an emphasis on the hope that awaits beyond this world. While I only witnessed his ministry firsthand as a child, his teaching and service continue to echo throughout my life and now the lives of my children.
Steve and Debbie Cellucci
left a message on March 18, 2023:
We are forever greatful to God that HE allowed our paths to cross in love and friendship. What a treasure we have in both you and Nana! Love, Steve and Debbie
Tommy Kyser
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Knowing Bro Randy has left an indelible mark on my life. We met at Fellowship Baptist in Radcliff, Ky. That started a friendship that has never ended. We have cried together, laughed together, and prayed together many times since then. He always gave God the glory for every trial and difficulty and not once have I heard him complain. We pray for Ms Addien and family.
Casey C Hawkins jr
left a message on March 18, 2023:
It has been my pleasure and a great blessing to have met brother Randy Pike and Sister Dean when I was younger in life they've had a great and a wonderful experience in my life I'm thankful that God had opened that door for us and until the day that brother Randy left he was my brother in Christ and a friend filled with love and compassion for others God bless the family and I know brother Randy's at rest and the Lord he served and the Lord he loved God bless you
pastor Calvin Headrick
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Sorry to hear about Bro Pike, to me He was true and faithful Preacher of the GOSPEL .
I always looked forward to his letters he sent to our church, He always had a Bible message..
Our prayers are for Sis Pike..and the family..
1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Wolf Valley Baptist Church..1031 E.Wolf Valley Rd...Heiskell, Tn 37754
Dan Dallalio
left a message on March 18, 2023:
I was sorry to hear about Bro. Randy. He was a fine soldier for our Lord and received a "well done" I know. Our family appreciated his ministry and service. He was a blessing and I know he was excited to go home, but he will be missed. Being on crutches all my life, Bro. Randy was a fine example and encouragement for me.
Our prayers are with the family.
Dan Dallalio
Maranatha Baptist Church
Monroe, LA
Paul and Joan Seger
left a message on March 18, 2023:
We remember so much your support, encouragement and hospitality way back in South Africa days. We were so blessed by their friendship, back in our early days of ministry. We regret that we will not be in the country for Brother Randy’s service. We’ll be on a mission trip to Puerto Rico… he would like that! What a privilege to say that this servant had an impact on our lives. I always felt like I’d been with “ Abraham” or “Moses”, when Randy preached the Word!
Kerry Spitzer
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Dr. Pike was the kindest, smartest, most humble man of God! I loved the times I got to literally sit at his feet and listen to his patient explanation of Scripture. It was my privilege to know him.
Shelly Raddenbach
left a message on March 18, 2023:
It was an absolute honor to meet Mr. Pike this past year, and to hear some of his stories from his time on the mission field. Despite it being many years later, his eyes still welled up with tears easily as he recalled the brothers and and sisters in Christ he had known during his time there. He was a tender-hearted, yet strong man who passionately loved Christ and as a result, loved people well. I know he will be greatly missed. My deepest condolences to his family. May the Lord comfort you in your grief as only He can.
Warner W Buell
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Our loss. Heaven's gain
Just think of stepping on shore and finding it Heaven. Of touching a hand and finding it God's. Of breathing new air and finding it celestial. Of waking up in GLORY and finding it Home.
The Mathews family, Houston , Texas
left a message on March 18, 2023:
In memory of Henry Randall Pike, The Mathews family, Houston , Texas lit a candle
George & Bobbie Kinsey
left a message on March 18, 2023:
We are so honored to have know Bro. Pike he was truly a man of God. Our prayers are with you Mrs. Pike and your family.
George & Bobbie Kinsey
Cheryl Morgan
left a message on March 18, 2023:
In memory of Henry Randall Pike, Cheryl Morgan lit a candle
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Desiree Robertson Whitlock
left a message on June 7, 2023:
My family and I lived next door to the Pike family for many of my growing up years in Mt. Juliet, TN. Wonderful neighbors and I always enjoyed hearing about Randall's crusades. I am so sorry for your loss but rejoice that Randall is with our Lord in heaven.
Donna Robertson Nolen
left a message on June 6, 2023:
A true faithful servant and saint of God has left us. Randall's parents became our next door neighbors and through the years I was privileged to meet Randall, Addien and family and his brothers and sister. Randall would write to my Dad about his work in the mission field. I would sit, transfixed, as he shared from his heart about his love of Jesus and his unwavering sharing of the gospel. He was bold and he was also kind and humble. My prayers go out the family.
Natanya Steyn
left a message on May 3, 2023:
I met Uncle Randy at Kempton Park Bible Church when I was a young girl. At a time when church could be “boring”, his services kept me enraptured. He was dynamic and brilliant, but humble and kind. I was blessed to be baptised by him, and remember the impact he had in my life, at a time when I really needed it. Rest in Peace Uncle Randy.
David Isbell
left a message on April 3, 2023:
I met Bro Randy in South Africa in the early eighties. He preached for us at the church my wife and I started in Kempton Park. He was an encouragement to us as we were just getting started in mission work there. Recently we were able to reconnect. It was a blessing to hear from him and to hear his encouraging voice again. We pray for his wife and family at this time. May our Lord bless and comfort you all.
David and Cathy Isbell
Shepherds Watchmen, Inc.
Diane Grizzle
left a message on March 29, 2023:
Bro. Randy Pike came to our church, Sharon Baptist Cumming, Ga., many years ago. He was such a blessing to me. He sent me a copy of his book Suffering & Death The Saint’s Highest Calling. Along with the book he sent a letter with a sweet note written on it. He is truly a hero in Christ. I look forward to seeing him again one day.? I am attaching a copy of the letter.
My condolences to you Mrs. Addien.
Love in Christ,
Diane Grizzle
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Van and Amy Caldwell
left a message on March 28, 2023:
Van and I express our deepest condolences to your family. However, we rejoice that this great soldier of the faith is running! His great faith that he preached and lived is sight in the purest form. Even so come quickly Lord. Please refer to March/April 2023 issue of Baptist Bread, dated Tuesday, March 28th..remarkable.
Michael Miller
left a message on March 28, 2023:
Dr. Pike mentored my father, Tony Miller, and for this I will always be grateful. What a remarkable man of God!
I used Dr. Pike's harmony commentary on the Gospels (Selah) more than any other resource in my research for my dissertation. He knew how to combine the theological and practical in a way that is almost unrivaled.
The world was not worthy of him (Heb. 11:38). Grateful he is finally Home!
Our love and prayers for sweet Mrs. Pike.
Marcel Saayman
left a message on March 27, 2023:
a Good person that helped alot of people and spread the love of God.
Paul & Marla Fields
left a message on March 27, 2023:
God left many of Dr. Pike's spiritual fingerprints all over the globe. He made an impact on my life in his later years. We reminisced about ministry in Africa, where he served, and where I was born. I will miss his mentoring. With each opportunity I spent with him, I came away with another perspective of the Lord Jesus and the Word of God. In his excruciating pain, he nudged people closer to the cross. He did not live in vain.
Karen Scott
left a message on March 27, 2023:
Forever grateful to Bro Randy for his passion in leading the lost to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
My husband was such a one.?
Psalm 91 : 1
Kevin Frederick Deuter
left a message on March 27, 2023:
We would like to add to our previous messages how much we appreciate Bro Randy and Sis Addien. Their love to us and acceptance of us and or family will be a treasured memory for life.
Sandra Rayner (Stafford)
left a message on March 27, 2023:
Oh Mother my heart is broken. Sending love you and the family. Randy is in glory with the Lord. I can just see him catching up with all who went before him around the throne.
Pastor Richard Cole
left a message on March 25, 2023:
We loved, prayed for, and supported Brother Randy for about 40 years at the two churches I pastored. He was a good friend and will be sorely missed. I know he is basking in the love of the one who he faithfully served for so many years. We will be praying for all of his family.
Pastor Richard Cole and Faith Baptist Church, Gainesville, GA
Terry & Becky Norris
left a message on March 25, 2023:
Bro. & Mrs. Pike were such a blessing to us in our early years of ministry & although we haven’t been able to see them in a long time, I’ve never forgotten the sweet spirit & strength that they displayed & the help I personally received.
I’m amazed at Bro. Pike’s testimony and all that God allowed him & Mrs Addien to do! Your family is in our thoughts & prayers❤️
Terry & Becky Norris
left a message on March 25, 2023:
Bro. & Mrs. Pike were such a blessing to us in our early years of ministry & although we haven’t been able to see them in a long time, I’ve never forgotten the sweet spirit & strength that they displayed & the help I personally received.
I’m amazed at Bro. Pike’s testimony and all that God allowed him & Mrs Addien to do! Your family is in our thoughts & prayers❤️
Trevor and Coby Bell
left a message on March 25, 2023:
Coby and I were still young in the faith when Randy and Addien come to Bez Valley Baptist in South Africa in the early 1970's. They both made a lasting impact on our walk in the faith since then. He was a powerful preacher in the pulpit, yet gentle and meek as a lamb out of it, following our Lord's example. He motivated us to study God's word and live it out. Many were the happy experiences in their home. Addien was a supportive wife and companion and also taught us much. He is now with the Lord as he had long longed for, enjoying his reward for a rich faithful life. One day we will meet him again at the Benjamin gate.
"Well done thou good and faithful servant.......enter thou into the joy of the Lord."
Karie Crockett
left a message on March 24, 2023:
Dear Addien and Pike family,
The Crockett family is blessed to have known Randy for almost 8 years. Both Randy and Addien are so pleasant to be around. It was always lovely being in your home. Rosemary cooked the most delicious meal for us when we first moved to Greenville. You opened your home to us multiple times and were always so generous to us. My girls and I have fond memories of card making with Addien. We loved seeing Randy on these occasions and hearing his words of encouragement. His love and admiration for Addien was always so evident as well as his deep love for the Lord. It was always a blessing to be in your home. Thank you for sharing with us these last 8 years. We will greatly miss Randy. We love you, Addien, and we believe Randy's words admitting that you are the best Christian he knew.
Love,
The Crocketts
Dave Holowaty
left a message on March 24, 2023:
Thank you God for Mr. Pike!
Heaven alone will reveal the extent of Mr. and Mrs. Pikes influence around the world.
I remember in 1991 as a nineteen-year-old how Mr. Pike prayed for and with me as I received Christ as my Saviour in his dear friend Sid Hunters house.
Both the Pikes and Hunters were friends of my Grandparent starting in Yarwun, QLD the 1960's and spoke of these men and their wives with great fondness. My parents and my wife and I have had the privilege to sit under their ministry too.
Every time I'd talk with Mr. Pike on the phone, he'd always be full of questions about how I or my family was going. If you ever would ask him how he was, he would change the subject if you weren't careful. I've noticed Mrs. Pike does the same too.
Theirs is one of the few marriages I've seen where you could clearly see they were hopelessly deeply in love, sweethearts, as well as best friends! Their love for Christ and lost souls amazing!
Truly the memory of the just is blessed! God bless and keep you at this time Mrs. Pike! Thank you for your love and labours beside your exceptionally special husband.
Your influence here goes on strongly, and I'm sure as it is in many places around the world.
Love you,
Dave Holowaty.
Bill & Nina Meyer
left a message on March 23, 2023:
Joy and sadness at Bro Randy’s home going. Randy and Addine were instrumental in our spiritual growth as young Christians over 40 years ago setting a wonderful example to us. We stayed in contact regularly and prayed for him and Addine daily since we met them.
We look forward to having wonderful fellowship with him in heaven.
warren hoffman
left a message on March 22, 2023:
Pastor Randy reminds of the elderly lady Anna who Luke 2:38….gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all….He signed off his email letters with 2Tim2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
He is such an example to me of Luke2:38 and 2 Tim2:3.
You are now experiencing undiluted joy.
AMEN.
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
KEITH CABLE
left a message on March 21, 2023:
What a joy and a privilege to have had brother Randy and dear Adienne as loving friends these past 58yrs. We always thank God that He led us to meet in Alice Springs all those years ago and to be able to work beside them in seeking to furtherance the Gospel in that dry and dusty outback. Their influence has remained with us all these years. To all the family ,your Dad and Mum will always be in our hearts.
Judy Smith
left a message on March 21, 2023:
Addien, not sure if you remember me, we went to Unity Baptist together. You helped me make a quilt one time. So very sorry to hear about Randy, he was such a precious man of God. I know you are going to miss him! Praying for you and love you sweet lady
Karen Zeringue
left a message on March 21, 2023:
I am so sorry for your loss. Brother Pike is in Glory now! Praise God for that.
I've heard so much good about him. I go to Marantha Baptist Church in Monroe, La
Brother Warren and Sister Vanessa, English of Happy Valley Baptist Church of Villa Rica Georgia
left a message on March 20, 2023:
I have been praying for Randy and sister Addien for 23 years. His publications and teachings have been a great asset to me and my ministries. Heaven is a a little sweeter, knowing he is there. My prayers go out to the family. I am glad to know we haven’t lost him because we know exactly where he is now. There are no crutches in heaven.
Wanda Phillips Paris
left a message on March 20, 2023:
Bro. Randy made an impact on so many lives throughout the years. Mother and Daddy (Red and Marie Phillips) traveled many miles to attend the church where Bro. Randy pastored. They prayed for him daily until dementia took their memories. I know that God will bless the Pike family as you navigate this path of living without him.
Ian Jamieson
left a message on March 20, 2023:
Hamba kahle / Farewell Bro Randy and condolences to the family,
Indeed a saint has gone home and with great fondness realise our gracious Lord had providentially brought Bro Randy across our path for His eternal purposes; when I was in a mess, after years in the Rhodesian military and then without direction in a strange land, namely; South Africa. Bro Randy and Sister Addien have been such an encouragement and inspiration to our family over many years. I recall many years back visiting Pigeon Forge and met Pastor Ed Parton, whom picking up on my accent enquired if I had heard of Missionary Randy Pike. What astonishment when relating that I came to faith in The Saviour during his message preached in September 1983, entitled "The Cross of Jesus Christ and how your sin put him there!" Shared this from my Pulpit yesterday. A tribute to a Saint we don't deserve. Jamieson family; Ian, Cynthia, Lauren and Lindsay. Missionaries in the U.K.
Kevin Huseman
left a message on March 20, 2023:
Declaring the Gospel to a perishing world into the last breath this side of paradise… may God, by His grace, in the finished work of His Son cause each Christian’s witness to include such a evidence. Praise God for sharing brother Pike with us.
Darlene Mullinax
left a message on March 20, 2023:
RIP Mr Pike,
I didn’t spend a lot of time with you, but on the times I saw you you always so receptive. I feel so Blessed to have had those times with you,
And that your family know it’s Faith that will lift them up. God Bless
Peter Blake
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Farewell, Bro. Randy. We shall meet again! God, so providentially, used you in my life. From your first glimpse of me playing ‘cops and robbers’ around the church building and loving me, despite my teenage rebellion, later giving me those sobering words from 2 Timothy 2:3 as I headed overseas for training and ministry, and then in 2001, travelling to be present for my ordination to the gospel ministry. And so many other wonderful memories! My four children were visibly moved and affected when I brought them to visit you and Addien in Greenville, SC. I salute you, faithful soldier of Jesus Christ!
Tom & Ruth Page
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Our love and condolences go out to Aidine and the whole family. Tom and Bro Randy grew up together in Mt Juliet, TN. Tom remembers the two of them hopping a freight train in their teenage years to go to Texas to work in the wheat harvest. I (Ruth) remember meeting them for the first time when they spent a night or two with us in CA on their way to Australia. I fell in love with that family and wanted to go to Australia with them. What a Godly family! Earth's loss is certainly heaven's gain!
Jennifer Culver
left a message on March 19, 2023:
I remember Bro. Randy Pike coming to my Papaw Fred Wilson church in TN. He was always an inspiration to hear preach.
Pastor Bobby L Leonard
left a message on March 19, 2023:
I only heard Bro Pike once in Pigeon Forge, Pastor Ed Parton. Pastor Parton had great love and respect for Bro Pike. Pastor Parton called me a few years ago about a need for a new wheel chair. Our church was able by God’s grace to send him a ck for the entire amt, gladly. I am so glad God let us help such a brother before he crossed over
Daniel B
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Dear Pike family,
Thank you for your faithful testimony and commitment to serve the Lord over the years. Regretfully, I never met Brother Pike, yet his writings have been a huge help and an encouragement. I look forward to meeting him one day in eternity. We are praying for you from South Asia.
In Christ,
Daniel B
Ross Ormerod senior
left a message on March 19, 2023:
The short time I knew Mr Pike and the talks we had and to hear him preach was just a taste of what it will be like when I see Jesus. Mr Pike will be rejoicing in Heaven now. My condolences to Adine his lovely wife and his families. Randy won’t be on those crutches ever again. No more pain no more suffering for the most Godly person I ever knew. Miss you Randy but will meet you again.
Alina Ormerod
left a message on March 19, 2023:
I am so happy for Randy, he is finally meeting his Father in Heaven after doing his work on earth, I can just imagine him in his last moments, with Addiene by his side, ‘Mother, I am so excited, it’s time, it’s time, I am finally meeting Him’
Bless him and you and your family Addiene. What a ministry you have given and a blessing you are.
All my love, Alina xxx
Ross Ormerod
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Dearest Mrs Pike,
You and Mr Pike are family to me. We will always stick by you, although I'm halfway across the globewe are right there with you. God was good to your husband, to send him such a woman as you. I cant forget the huge smile on your face, as Mr Pike preached. Its embedded in my memory. I thank God for your service,you and Randy are an inspiration to me, and many other lives you touched here in Australia.
Ill never forget the first time I heard Mr Pike preach in 1990 at Good Shepherd Baptist church, Australia.
I was an 8 year old boy, normally quite bored in church wishing I was outside. As he made his way to the pulpit andwalked up 3 stairs he already had my undivided attention - even before I heard him preach for the first time. After being with Randy for just 2 years of my life, I can honestly say thatthis obituary is the least that could be said about him. He had a profound effect on my christian walk. Randy is one of only a couple of men I look up to, he ran his race and stayed faithful to God till the very end, even in the face of suffering, he onlyloved Jesus more and more. He was humble but strong, kind but unrelenting. Ill never forget how good he and Mrs Pike madeus kids feel, especially when talking to them one on one. I wont forget it. Even at 41 years old, I remember like it was yesterday.
In one or more of his recent messages, he said he would go out of this world preaching the gospel. And he did.How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel? No man is good, but God alone. But as far as men go, Mr Pike was as good as they come.
The last words Randy ever spoke to me when I was 10 years old were; "Ross, you stay right next to Jesus"And I'm almost certain that his last words to everybody reading this would be to "Give somebody a gospel tract"
Thank you Mr and Mrs Pike for your dedication.
Love Mandy, Jade, Ross, Kimberley, Alina and Ross Snr
Kevin and Dawn Deuter
left a message on March 19, 2023:
Farewell brother,pastor, principal, and beloved friend. Get those running shoes on for we will be there soon. There's a great big hole in our hearts till we see you with Jesus. With tears and praise Mrs Midnight and brother Deuter.
Donald Brack
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Brother Randy, you will be fiercely missed! I shall miss you and am sad for us left behind! but rejoice knowing you are in your forever home now! I love you and owe you so very much that I will never be able to repay! We all look forward to our meeting again!
Your Forever Brother!
Don in Kentucky!
Michael & Sharlotte McGary
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Dear Addien & Children,
Bro Randy was the greatest teacher we have ever sat under. We sat at his feet each Tuesday soaking up his knowledge of the Scriptures. We sat spellbound for an hour and it came to an end before we were ready. What started out as one man and his wife asking if they could come and learn about the Bible, grew until there were up to 25 who were blessed by his teaching. He made the Bible come alive. He was so kind and loving. We came to him for advice, we came with our sorrows, and he would always counsel us from the Word of God. The women would bring treats and Addien was always there making her famous iced tea. We were so blessed! This went on for about 3 years, until Bro. Randy felt he was losing some ground, and he was worried he might not present God’s Word correctly. We will never forget the last lesson he taught. Paul was soon to die and he wrote to the best friend he ever had, Timothy. Then he began to teach, “A sower went out to sow” and he encouraged us all to sow the seed.
Thank you, Addien, for your hospitality and loving spirit for all that time.
How beautiful Heaven must be…I can imagine Bro Randy kicking up his heels and leaping from the streets of gold, Yippee! Hallelujah!
We love you! Michael “The” and Sharlotte McGary
Liliane, Carole, and Chloe
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Brother Randy has left an eternal impact on our life. He taught us to love the Lord and to trust Him always. We all love him and we will cherish every moment we spent with him and with precious Addien, every prayer, every Bible verse he shared, and every story he told.
Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.
Janice Jernigan Suter
left a message on March 18, 2023:
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. I love you all and as you know God will see you through.
Debbie Moczygemba
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Miss Addien, you and Bro. Randy are so loved by my family. Thank you for all the memories we have of you both. Heaven is truly the greatest “family reunion” place ever. Till we meet again. Love, Cas and Debbie Moczygemba & family.
Julie Howe
left a message on March 18, 2023:
He is now whole. ♥️ Praying for those he left behind, especially Addien.
Lindsey Green (formerly Link)
left a message on March 18, 2023:
There was nothing special about my family, why he took notice of us. But he and his dear wife, “Nana”, loved us, ministered to us, inspired my desire for missions, and led me to Christ when I was 10 years old. He marked 2 Timothy 2:3 in my Bible and it was a verse that carried me through my childhood and adolescent years. Many years later when I saw him for what would be my last time on earth, he gave me another verse that I clung to throughout my waiting years: Psalm 27:14. Memories flash back: watching him work his way on crutches into the pulpit every Sunday morning, him teaching me about baptism at their dining room table, peeking in a room where I watched him say goodbye to their Kentucky home (where my family had met and known him for three years).
This man who had served God faithfully through utmost suffering, who had preached all over the world and ministered to thousands of people, still had time for an insignificant little girl. I remember sitting in his van with him once as a kid, expressing my grief over the street children in Brazil and my desire to be a missionary to them. But I was worried that by the time I grew up, there would no longer be a need for me. I remember his voice as he said “they will only need it more”. I’ve never made it to Brazil to help those children. Maybe, hopefully, some day. But I am trying to teach my own children about Jesus in the meantime. God used this faithful man to give me the greatest gift in teaching me about God, and I feel a responsibility to carry it on.
I am thankful and honored to have known Pastor Pike and to have been one of the ones to have called him “Papa”. As sad as it feels to know his presence is no longer on this earth, I am so overjoyed to know he is no longer and never will be in any more pain. After a lifetime of suffering, what inexplicable joy he must be experiencing in the presence of his beloved Lord. My kids were asking me about “impossible” today, what it means. “Impossible” is a suffering paraplegic faithfully carrying the Gospel for decades upon decades all over the world…But God.
Ed Kilgore
left a message on March 18, 2023:
A giant among men. Now in the presence of the Lord of all,
Brandon Link
left a message on March 18, 2023:
For nearly the entire 30 years of my life, Pastor Pike has been an influence on my parents. Right now, I am reading “Selah!” at night, as I remember my dad doing. And riding in the car, I listen to recorded sermons that, while I’m sure I heard them when I was a child, carry so much more meaning now as an adult. Receiving his prayer letters signed “his happy slaves, camping at the foot of the cross” placed such an emphasis on the hope that awaits beyond this world. While I only witnessed his ministry firsthand as a child, his teaching and service continue to echo throughout my life and now the lives of my children.
Steve and Debbie Cellucci
left a message on March 18, 2023:
We are forever greatful to God that HE allowed our paths to cross in love and friendship. What a treasure we have in both you and Nana! Love, Steve and Debbie
Tommy Kyser
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Knowing Bro Randy has left an indelible mark on my life. We met at Fellowship Baptist in Radcliff, Ky. That started a friendship that has never ended. We have cried together, laughed together, and prayed together many times since then. He always gave God the glory for every trial and difficulty and not once have I heard him complain. We pray for Ms Addien and family.
Casey C Hawkins jr
left a message on March 18, 2023:
It has been my pleasure and a great blessing to have met brother Randy Pike and Sister Dean when I was younger in life they've had a great and a wonderful experience in my life I'm thankful that God had opened that door for us and until the day that brother Randy left he was my brother in Christ and a friend filled with love and compassion for others God bless the family and I know brother Randy's at rest and the Lord he served and the Lord he loved God bless you
pastor Calvin Headrick
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Sorry to hear about Bro Pike, to me He was true and faithful Preacher of the GOSPEL .
I always looked forward to his letters he sent to our church, He always had a Bible message..
Our prayers are for Sis Pike..and the family..
1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Wolf Valley Baptist Church..1031 E.Wolf Valley Rd...Heiskell, Tn 37754
Dan Dallalio
left a message on March 18, 2023:
I was sorry to hear about Bro. Randy. He was a fine soldier for our Lord and received a "well done" I know. Our family appreciated his ministry and service. He was a blessing and I know he was excited to go home, but he will be missed. Being on crutches all my life, Bro. Randy was a fine example and encouragement for me.
Our prayers are with the family.
Dan Dallalio
Maranatha Baptist Church
Monroe, LA
Paul and Joan Seger
left a message on March 18, 2023:
We remember so much your support, encouragement and hospitality way back in South Africa days. We were so blessed by their friendship, back in our early days of ministry. We regret that we will not be in the country for Brother Randy’s service. We’ll be on a mission trip to Puerto Rico… he would like that! What a privilege to say that this servant had an impact on our lives. I always felt like I’d been with “ Abraham” or “Moses”, when Randy preached the Word!
Kerry Spitzer
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Dr. Pike was the kindest, smartest, most humble man of God! I loved the times I got to literally sit at his feet and listen to his patient explanation of Scripture. It was my privilege to know him.
Shelly Raddenbach
left a message on March 18, 2023:
It was an absolute honor to meet Mr. Pike this past year, and to hear some of his stories from his time on the mission field. Despite it being many years later, his eyes still welled up with tears easily as he recalled the brothers and and sisters in Christ he had known during his time there. He was a tender-hearted, yet strong man who passionately loved Christ and as a result, loved people well. I know he will be greatly missed. My deepest condolences to his family. May the Lord comfort you in your grief as only He can.
Warner W Buell
left a message on March 18, 2023:
Our loss. Heaven's gain
Just think of stepping on shore and finding it Heaven. Of touching a hand and finding it God's. Of breathing new air and finding it celestial. Of waking up in GLORY and finding it Home.
The Mathews family, Houston , Texas
left a message on March 18, 2023:
In memory of Henry Randall Pike, The Mathews family, Houston , Texas lit a candle
George & Bobbie Kinsey
left a message on March 18, 2023:
We are so honored to have know Bro. Pike he was truly a man of God. Our prayers are with you Mrs. Pike and your family.
George & Bobbie Kinsey
Cheryl Morgan
left a message on March 18, 2023:
In memory of Henry Randall Pike, Cheryl Morgan lit a candle
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