DALLAS — Randel Everett, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Newport News, Va., was elected executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) Feb. 26. Everett succeeds Charles Wade, who retired from the position Jan. 31.
Besides serving the Newport News congregation, which is affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Southern Baptist Convention, Everett is the former president of the John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Arlington, Va. He served as chairman of the Baptist World Alliance’s education and evangelism commission from 2000–2005.
He also was pastor of Columbia Baptist Church, Falls Church, Va.; First Baptist Church, Pensacola, Fla.; First Baptist Church, Benton, Ark., during which time he served as president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention’s executive board; and three Texas churches: University Baptist, Fort Worth; Inglewood Baptist, Grand Prairie; and First Baptist, Gonzales.
Everett served as a member of the BGCT executive board from 1978–1979.
A native of Fort Worth, Everett holds a doctorate and a master’s degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and a bachelor’s degree from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas.
He and his wife, Sheila, have two grown children.
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