Background
Beckett, Sanford Ray was born on February 28, 1946 in Bonne Terre, Missouri, United States. Son of Sidney Russell and Ruth Iona (Bolden) Beckett.
Beckett, Sanford Ray was born on February 28, 1946 in Bonne Terre, Missouri, United States. Son of Sidney Russell and Ruth Iona (Bolden) Beckett.
Bachelor, William Jewell College, 1968. Master of Divinity, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972. Master of Religious Education, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, 1972.
Doctor Ministry, Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977.
Pastor Heath's Creek Baptist Church, Nelson, Missouri, 1968-1972. Associate pastor University Baptist Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1972-1980. Mini. Christian education 1st Baptist Church, Clemson, South Carolina, 1980-1986.
Pastor Christian education Englewood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Missouri, since 1986. Specialist worker South Carolina Baptist Convention, Columbia, 1984-1986. Adult specialist Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, 1985.
Adjunct professor Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, since 1987.
Chairman Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Public Library. Systems, 1976, Southeast Mississippi Community Action Agency, Hattiesburg, 1979, Clay-Platte Baptist Ministers Fellowship, Kansas City, 1990, Northland Ministerial Alliance. Member task force on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Missouri Baptist Convention, Jefferson City, 1988.
Board directors Northland Homes Partnership, Kansas City, 1990. Chairman Northalnd Health Care Access, since 1991.
Married Hazel Diane Keller, May 17, 1969. Children: Andrew, Rachel.