DALLAS — R. Albert Mohler Jr. will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president, according to a Jan. 2 news release. Mohler is president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, announced his intention to nominate Mohler in a news release provided to the Southern Baptist TEXAN.
He said his decision is the result of prayer and concern for the future of Southern Baptists’ global witness. He said he believes Mohler would “motivate Southern Baptists to unite around cooperation for global missions and evangelism.”
If elected on June 10 when messengers meet in Indianapolis, Mohler would become the seventh seminary president to serve in the top denominational office.
Mohler served as pastor and staff minister of several Southern Baptist churches. Prior to his election at the age of 33 to lead Southern Seminary, Mohler edited Georgia’s Christian Index, the oldest of the state Baptist papers.
A native of Lakeland, Fla., he earned a bachelor of arts from Samford University in Birmingham and both a master of divinity and doctorate in philosophy from Southern Seminary.
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