Dr. Fred Craddock

Founding Minister of Cherry Log Christian Church

The late Dr. Craddock was the founding pastor and pastor emeritus of Cherry Log Christian Church in Cherry Log, Georgia. Craddock, who taught preaching at the Candler School of Theology until his retirement, was selected as one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world in a poll of 341 seminary professors and editors of religious periodicals in 1996. Dr. Craddock passed away in March of 2015.