He was a Church of Christ elder, right? That’s like having a family of 100-500, give or take.
The size of the congregation would vary by locale of course.
Requiescat in pace. “Fought the good fight.” Earth is the poorer for it, heaven is richer.
(Disclaimer: I don’t go to a congregation of that denomination and don’t concur with all its particular theology. But they are most definitely Christians.)