Jimmy Carter funeral: a testimony to his 'deep' Christian faith

Nicola Laver  |  World
Date posted:  10 Jan 2025
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Jimmy Carter funeral: a testimony to his 'deep' Christian faith

Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral procession en route to the US Capitol, 7 December 2025. Source: Flickr | Elvert Barnes

For anyone who hadn’t appreciated that the late US President Jimmy Carter was a Christian with a deep faith and love for God, his funeral service on 9 January has left no doubt.

The BBC currently has a programme on famous names who died in 2023 called Lives Well Lived. The typical worldly measure of a life well lived is their achievements, wealth accumulation, status, and doing good. Viewers of Jimmy Carter’s funeral service and its attendees were offered a far more valuable measure of a life well lived: a higher godly standard.

Jimmy Carter, former Sunday school teacher, Navy officer, nuclear scientist and 39th US president, died in December aged 100. Carter’s life was one ‘well lived’ both in public and in private as an evangelical Christian with an authentic, living faith observed by all he came into contact with.

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