The author or co-author of 14 books — most written after he’d turned 70 — Busby aided in the creation of Global Trust Partners, a worldwide collection of organizations focused, like ECFA, on peer accountability.
The son of a preacher father and a mother who was a teacher, Busby recorded three albums of gospel music in the 1970s with his wife, Claudette, including “This Love Is Mine.”
A fan of baseball and its history, Busby was an active member for decades in the Society for American Baseball Research. “He saw a game in all the current Major League stadiums and 20 that no longer exist,” the ECFA noted in its tribute.
When ECFA announced Busby’s shift to emeritus status, Busby quoted the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus spoke of going two miles when forced to go one.
“Indeed, we want to abide by the law,” Busby stated. “But even more, we want to be known as ‘second mile’ people who demonstrate the love of Christ within us and how that love compels us towards excellence.”
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