Alabama Baptist re-elected to NAMB position

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Barry Holcomb, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Andalusia was re-elected by acclamation as first vice president of the North American Mission Board (NAMB), as were Terry Fox, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Wichita, Kan., as president and David Crump, pastor of Aspen Park Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, Okla., as second vice president.

Trustees of the North American Mission Board adopted “suggested covenant guidelines” to help ensure new Southern Baptist churches remain Southern Baptist during their May 7 meeting in Alpharetta, Ga.

Trustees also took action on a continuing effort to negotiate a new cooperative agreement with the Baptist General Convention of Texas by appointing a task force to determine the entity's next step. Cooperative agreements between NAMB and state Baptist conventions detail terms of cooperative missions efforts.

Also during the meeting, the board reelected its officers and received reports that 40 new missionaries had been appointed and 45 new Southern Baptist chaplains had been endorsed by the missions organization.