Alabama Baptists tapped for service

Alabama Baptists tapped for service

During the 189th annual meeting of the Alabama Baptist State Convention, Baptists from across the state were elected to serve on the governing boards of convention-related entities. Also approved by messengers were individuals to serve on the committees of the convention.

The Committee on Boards and Commissions nominates members to serve on the executive committee, the State Board of Missions (SBOM) and convention entities. The Committee on Committees names members to convention committees. The following is a complete list of individuals approved for service during the annual meeting. The list was provided by the SBOM. An asterisk (*) before the name indicates a layperson.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Mike Shaw
District: David Chambers, Robert Gamble, Philip Morris, Michael E. King, Danny Wiggins, Larry Cummings, Gregory T. Pouncey, Scott Stevens, John P. Gates, *Olivia J. Wages, Timothy M. Cox, *Patti Shoemaker.
Members at large: *Sammie Barstow, John T. Brock, Mike D. McLemore, John A. Nixon Jr., James S. Watkins, Scott Guffin, Jim Cooley

STATE BOARD OF MISSIONS
Terms to Expire 2014: *Wynette Cox, Autauga; John W. Price, Baldwin; Kevin Blackwell and Rick Patrick, Bessemer; Carl Williams, Bethel; *James Holley, Bethlehem; *O. David Taunton, Birmingham; John Nicholson, Cahaba; Jerry Colquett, Carey; Don L. Rushing, Clarke; Eddy Garner, Colbert-Lauderdale; John Fain and Jerry Grandstaff, Columbia; Jack Williamson, Conecuh; Danny Courson and Max Buttram, Coosa River; *Ramona Fryer, Covington; Jim Hill, Dale; Kenneth Clement, DeKalb; *Jane Ellen Wood, East Liberty; Derek Gentle, Elmore; Jeff Edwards, Escambia; *Carol H. Cardwell and Scott Harris, Etowah; *Ramzi Malek, Friendship; George A. Thompson Jr., Judson; Daniel J. Hughes, Limestone; Jimmy E. Jackson, Madison; *Kelly S. Jones, J. Derrall Marshall, Gregory T. Pouncey and James W. Mercer, Mobile; Andy Hepburn and Rick Evans, Montgomery; *Davis Woodruff, Morgan; *Vicki M. Maddox, Mud Creek; *Charles D. Coffey, Muscle Shoals; Glenn B. Sandifer, Pickens; Marvin D. Minton and Alan L. Griffith, Russell; John S. Foles, Sulphur Springs; Steve Poteat and Gary Wiggins, Tallapoosa; Jimmy Garner, *Sammie Barstow and John A. Nixon Jr., Tuscaloosa; Dennis Culbreth and John P. Gates, Walker

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chairperson 2011­–12: Lawrence Phipps
Chairperson 2012–2013: William M. Hand
Terms to Expire 2013: *Tonya P. Jackson, Central, Decatur; Kevin McCreless, Broadway, Rainsville; *Bridgett Ramsey, Mount Zion, Alexandria; William Hand, First Baptist, Lafayette; *Carol R. Brock, Parkview, Eufaula; Ronald Boulware, Antioch East, Greenville; Art Burroughs, Fulton Road, Mobile; *Edna Stevens, Moundville, Moundville; *Janet Teer, Northport, Northport; Ron Horton, New Prospect, Haleyville; Lindy Hale, Dawson, Birmingham; *Carl Sallé, First Baptist, Prattville

CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2015: Michael J. Brooks, Pine Flat, Selma; Jeffrey W. Fuller, Rockford, Rockford; Kenny Hatcher, Northside, Selma; *Page Hughes, Westwood, Alabaster

BAPTIST FOUNDATION
Terms to Expire 2012: *Morrell Dodd, Hunter Street, Hoover
Terms to Expire 2013: Bryan S. Gunn, Shades Mountain, Birmingham
Terms to Expire 2015: *Doyle Powell, First Baptist, Montgomery; *Janet Teer, Northport, Northport; *Lawson Swearingen Jr., First Baptist, Fairhope; *Reyn Norman, First Baptist, Greenville; *E. Spencer Knight, First Baptist, Prattville

EDUCATION COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2015: *Melba Brown, Government Street, Mobile; James Nichols, Chapel Hill, Northport; Rick Marshall, Eastern Hills, Montgomery; Bobby Hopper, Linden, Linden

BOARD OF AID
Terms to Expire 2015: Phil M. Boyles, Sage Avenue, Mobile; Michael Staton, Seven Hills, Mobile

INTER-BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
Chairperson 2011–2012: Bobby Hopper, Linden, Linden
Terms to Expire 2014: Eddy Garner, Woodmont, Florence; Bill King, Providence, Opelika; James Preachers, Mount Carmel, Coffee Springs

CHILDREN’S HOMES
Terms to Expire 2013: *Tanya Birchfield, First Baptist, Montgomery
Terms to Expire 2014: *Ray Hammock, Springhill, Mobile
Terms to Expire 2015: *Bonnie Henderson, Providence, Opelika; *Samuel C. Allison, Hunter Street, Hoover; *Allan Neill, Woodmont, Florence; *R. Kurry Wyatt, First Baptist, Cullman

HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2015: *Jerry C. Armor, Pleasant Grove, Moulton; *John E. Reid, Grove Hill, Grove Hill; *Bobby Joe Seales, Westwood, Alabaster; *Angie Mills Cooper, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa; *Mavis M. Gates, Shades Mountain, Birmingham

THE ALABAMA BAPTIST
Terms to Expire 2012: Travis Coleman Jr., First Baptist, Prattville
Terms to Expire 2015: *Amelia Reid Pearson, First Baptist, Alexander City; Gary D. Fenton, Dawson, Birmingham; *Stewart Calvert, Pleasant Grove, Boaz; *William D. Melton, Evergreen, Evergreen

JUDSON COLLEGE
Terms to Expire 2015: *James E. Brady Jr., Hopewell, Marion; *Bruce Fuller, Pine Flat, Selma; Henry H. Cox, Durant Chapel, Bay Minette; *Ann T. Ray, Southside, Decatur; Gregg S. Morrison, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Lenora Pate, Dawson, Birmingham; *Robin T. Hall, First Baptist, Cullman

UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE
Terms to Expire 2014: *Kamal Constantine, Dauphin Way, Mobile; *Mikell D. Speaks, Luke 4:18 Fellowship, Mobile
Terms to Expire 2015: *Deborah R. Nelson, First Baptist North Mobile, Saraland; *Daphne P Fondé, First Baptist, Fairhope; David Johnson, Westwood, Alabaster; *Dean N. Parker Jr., Dayspring, Mobile; *Gabi Constantine, First Baptist, Satsuma; *Will Phillips, Dauphin Way, Mobile; *William F. Ingram, First Baptist, Cullman; Robert M. Seaborn Jr., First Baptist, Fairhope

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
Terms to Expire 2015: *John Bell, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Rhonda Witcher, First Baptist, Cullman; *Hobart Grooms Jr., Brookwood, Birmingham; *Lev Bragg, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Timothy Vines, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Tom Lamberth, First Baptist, Alexander City; Buddy Champion, First Baptist, Trussville; *C. Thomas Houser, First Baptist, Huntsville; *W. Clark Watson, The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham

SHOCCO SPRINGS
Terms to Expire 2012: *H. Byron Phillips, First Baptist, Oxford
Terms to Expire 2015: *Kendal Adams, Lakeview, Auburn; Roland P. Brown, Golden Springs, Anniston; Cory Horton, Elkdale, Selma; F. Max Croft, Agape, Scottsboro

AUDIT COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2011–12: *Rick Gibson, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa
Terms to Expire 2014: *Rick Gibson, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa; *Ben F. Kelley, First Baptist, Montgomery

RESOLUTIONS
Chairperson 2011–12: Jerry Henry, First Baptist, Fairhope
Terms to Expire 2012: Matthew DeBord, First Baptist, Clanton; Johnny Fain, First Baptist, Dothan; Jerry Henry, First Baptist, Fairhope; *Belinda Hepburn, Taylor Road, Montgomery; Judson W. Hurt, First Baptist, Decatur; Teman Knight, Heritage, Montgomery; Robert Smith, New Zion, Moulton

RETIREMENT CENTERS
Terms to Expire 2015: Paul Edward Burkett, Lakeview, Montgomery; *Barry Carroll, Heritage, Montgomery; James Nance, Mount Enon, Dothan; *Earl R. Davis, First Baptist, Clanton; *Byron Morrison, Trinity, Roanoke

MEMORIALS COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2011–12: Don Campbell, First Baptist, Birmingham
Terms to Expire 2012: Don Campbell, First Baptist, Birmingham; *Barbara Moore, First Baptist, Pelham; Billy Nutt, First Baptist, Gulf Shores; Jere Patterson, Central Park, Decatur; Tommy Puckett, Santuck, Wetumpka

INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2011–12: *Charles Ed White, Heflin Baptist
Terms to Expire 2014: *Ken Stephens, First Baptist, Montgomery; *Charles Ed White, Heflin, Heflin

TIME, PLACE, PREACHER
Chairman 2011–12: Allan Murphy, North Shelby, Birmingham
Terms to Expire 2012: J. Warren Culver, Capitol Heights, Montgomery; Chance Darlington, The Church at Pine Level, Deatsville; William L. Hart Jr., Pleasant Grove, Ozark; Allan Murphy, North Shelby, Birmingham; Wade Rials, Thorington Road, Montgomery; G.P. “Chip” Starnes III, First Baptist, Bay Minette; Bill Wilks, NorthPark, Trussville

ORDER OF BUSINESS
Chairperson 2011–12: Rusty Sowell, Providence, Opelika
Chairperson 2012–13: Henry H. Cox, Durant Chapel, Bay Minette
Terms to Expire 2014: *Paula T. Culver, Capitol Heights, Montgomery; James W. Mercer, Hollinger’s Island, Mobile