The world is grieving the loss of Baptist pastor and missionary Voddie Baucham. He died after “suffering an emergency medical incident.” Baucham’s daughter, Jasmine Holmes, is one of nine children and opened up about her own grief.
“I’ve lost a part of me,” Holmes said in a social media post.
Voddie Baucham’s Daughter Describes Him as ‘Messy and Imperfect But so Very Steady and Consistent’
Author Jasmine Holmes, daughter of Voddie and Bridget Baucham, processed her own grief for the world to see. Baucham’s ministry reached globally, and seeing others mourn the loss is both bizarre and comforting to the family.
Earlier this month, Holmes’ new book “Strong and Fearless Faith” was released. Containing 52 “Inspiring Stories of Black Believers,” this book continues Holmes’ tireless work of uncovering, researching, and telling untold stories.
In the midst of celebrating her latest published book, Holmes continues to grieve the loss of her father.
“Here come the tears again!” pastor of First Baptist Church in Lindale, Texas, Tom Buck, posted on social media. Buck shared a post from Holmes, adding, “More important than being a great preacher, Voddie was a great ‘daddy.'”
Holmes began by sharing that grieving a “dad who’s a public figure is like living in the twilight zone.”
“My timeline is full of posts about people who loved him and were influenced by him—and I don’t doubt that love as genuine. But watching others mourn so publicly is the oddest sensation,” she said.
Holmes then went on to describe some dichotomies of the public’s view and her own personal view of her father, saying, “They saw him on a screen or in a pulpit—heard his voice on the radio. He tucked me in every night and told the best bedtime stories.”
“They saw him as this bold, staunch defender of the gospel. I saw him as socks with flip flops making gumbo on New Year’s Eve,” Holmes recalled.
While Baucham “influenced them from afar,” Holmes remembered him as he walked her down the aisle and “used mind meld with me to whoop everybody in a game of Taboo.”
This post by Voddie’s daughter, Jasmine, is both heartbreaking and precious!
(Here come the tears again!)
It’s one of the most important testimonies about Voddie or any father.
More important than being a great preacher, Voddie was a great “daddy.”
Pray for this sweet family! pic.twitter.com/jwWHHK62t1
— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) September 27, 2025
