During the 191st 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: John Killian
District: Jimmy E. Jackson, Cade Farris, Derek Staples, Mike King, Johnny Fain, Ronnie Boulware, Greg Pouncey, John Nicholson, John P. Gates, Doug Farris, Tim Cox, *Patti Shoemaker
Members at large: *Sammie Jo Barstow, Chip Starnes, Mike D. McLemore, John A. Nixon Jr., Dennis R. Culbreth, Scott Guffin, Rex D. Kent
Ex officio members: Executive Director, Rick Lance; Chairman of SBOM, Tim Cox; President of convention, John Killian; First Vice President, Travis Coleman; President, Alabama WMU, *Laurelle Stoudenmire
STATE BOARD OF MISSIONS
Terms to Expire 2016: Mark Stokes, Autauga; Garnett P. Starnes, Baldwin; Glenn E. Brock, Barbour; Morgan Bailey, Bessemer; Brad Campbell, Bigbee; Mike D. McLemore and Raymond McKenzie, Birmingham; Ronnie Boulware, Butler; Randy Postell, Calhoun; Jeffrey Fuller, Central; David Bankson, Cherokee; Rex D. Kent, Chilton; Jeremy Sorrells, Choctaw; *Bobby Bailey, Cleburne; Michael Mynatt, Coffee; *Jeanette G. Glover, Columbia; *Faye Brown, Dale; *Debbie Early, DeKalb; *Frank Gingrich, East Cullman; Mike Ingram, Elmore; Sammy Taylor, Franklin; Dee McGuire, Hale; Ronnie Marshall, Judson; Ronald Berry, Lookout Mountain; Michael Stancil, Marion; Richard Pettijohn and Keith Williams, Marshall; Jeff Redmond, Morgan; Sammie Reid and Jason Rodgers, North Jefferson; *Gail Burns and James Sampley, St. Clair; David Hairston, Sand Mountain; Allan Murphy, Shelby; Larry Cummings and Richard Hall, Tallapoosa; Greg Hart, Tennessee River; Jim O’Neal, Washington; *Richard Gurley, West Cullman
THE ALABAMA BAPTIST
Terms to Expire 2014: Mike Shaw, First, Pelham
Terms to Expire 2015: *Rosalie Hunt, First, Guntersville
Terms to Expire 2017: *Jane Bellew, Pleasant Ridge, Hueytown; Larry C. Patterson, Southside, Bay Minette; Bradley M. Rushing, Mount Gilead, Dothan; Eddie Davidson, First, Hamilton
BOARD OF AID
Terms to Expire 2017: Wayne Cunningham, College Park, Mobile; *Richard W. Michael, Lincoln, Lincoln; Michael R. Bedford, College Park, Mobile; Todd Dean, First, Oak Grove
CHILDREN’S HOMES
Terms to Expire 2017: *Leah Snell Stephens, First, Montgomery; *Laura Graham, First, Tuscaloosa; *Phillip A. Padgett, Corinth, Cragford; *Marc Ivey, Valley Grande, Valley Grande
CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2016: Herbert Brown, Southside, Greenville; Joe Bob Mizzell, Hopewell, Marion
Terms to Expire 2017: *Richard Montgomery, Pleasant Grove, Moulton; Bill Morgan, First, Prattville; Art Burroughs, Fulton Road, Mobile; *Joanne Farmer, Mount Hebron West, Elmore
EDUCATION COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2017: Barry Cosper, First, Alexander City; *Dianne Morgan, First, Prattville; R. Joseph Triquet Jr., McElwain, Birmingham; Gary Cardwell, Meadowbrook, Gadsden; *Peggie Mizzell, Hopewell, Marion
BAPTIST FOUNDATION
Terms to Expire 2017: *Kay K. Miller, Eastern Hills, Montgomery; *Michael Lytle, Dawson Memorial, Homewood; *Phyllis Boone, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Vicki M. Martin, First, Dothan; Scott White, First North Mobile, Saraland
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2017: *Albert F. Killian Sr., First, Opelika; *Tom Allen, Christ Fellowship, Birmingham; Wendell Dutton, Slackland, Leesburg; *Sonja Adams, Heflin, Heflin
RETIREMENT CENTERS
Terms to Expire 2014: Lloyd Stilley, First, Gulf Shores
Terms to Expire 2016: *Talmadge Holbrook, Liberty Hill, Clanton
Terms to Expire 2017: Jim Griffin, Bower Memorial, Evergreen; *Gail May, First, Selma; Ronnie McCarson, Cottage Hill, Mobile; *Dwain Kinard, Eastern Shore, Daphne; *Martine Sharp, Central, Decatur
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
Terms to Expire 2017: *Karon Bowdre, Dawson Memorial, Homewood; *Victor M. Brown, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Don H. Kilgore, First, Jasper; *Jerry Newby, Sardis Springs, Athens; *Gary Ray Pearman, Whitesburg, Huntsville; *Rod Steakley, Whitesburg, Huntsville; *Robert Holmes Jr., Sixth Avenue, Birmingham; *Warren Bailey, Hunter Street, Birmingham; Sheri P. McKean, First, Montgomery
JUDSON COLLEGE
Terms to Expire 2017: *Daveta Dozier, Thomasville, Thomasville; *R. Doug Halbrooks, Siloam, Marion; *P. Leigh O’Dell, Gateway, Montgomery; *James H. Sanford, First, Prattville; *Jerry Thomas, First, Tuscaloosa; *Rod P. Wilkin, First, Tuscaloosa; *Neal Isbell, Highland, Florence; *Richard E. Kirkpatrick, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Carol O. Crain, South Roebuck, Birmingham
UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE
Terms to Expire 2017: *Terry Harbin, First North Mobile, Saraland; *James Massey, First, Citronelle; *James West, Spring Hill, Mobile; *Fred Wilson, Lafitte, Saraland; *Jim Holland, York Terrace, Sheffield
SHOCCO SPRINGS
Terms to Expire 2017: *Joy Reeves, First, Trussville; Philip R. Morris, Heflin, Heflin; Glenn Bonds, Providence #2, Clanton; *Deena Weston, Vaughn Forest, Montgomery
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chairperson 2013–2014:
Michael D. Miller
Chairperson 2014–2015:
Michael Goforth
Terms to Expire 2015: *Mary Lou Herald, Whitesburg, Huntsville; Michael Goforth, Sardis, Boaz; *Debbie Morris, Heflin, Heflin; Matt Haines, Sixth Street, Alexander City; *Wilma Hart, Pleasant Grove, Ozark; Jack E. Fitts, First, Brewton; John W. Price, First, Orange Beach; *Traci Spiller, First, Demopolis; *Cindy Lewis, First, Aliceville; Eddie Davidson, First, Hamilton; *Joy England, Maytown, Maytown; *Sheila Gentle, First, Tallassee
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2013–2014: *Rick Gibson, First, Tuscaloosa
Terms to Expire 2016: *Richard LeCroy, Five Points, Northport; *Ray Breeden, Westmeade, Decatur
INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2013–2014:
*Mike Colquett, Monroeville, Monroeville
Terms to Expire 2016: *Rusty Melnick, First, Opelika; *John Vermillion, Taylor Road, Montgomery; *James H. Duren, First, Tuscaloosa
TIME, PLACE, PREACHER
Chairperson 2013–2014: Dusty McLemore, Lindsay Lane, Athens
Terms to Expire 2014: Dusty McLemore, Lindsay Lane, Athens; Daniel Wilson, West End, Clanton; Eddy Garner, Woodmont, Florence; Bo Rice, First, Loxley; Mike Allums, James Memorial, Gadsden; Donnie Payne, Forest Lake, Tuscaloosa; Joe Estes, First, Trussville
MEMORIALS COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2013–2014: Harrell Cushing, First, Montgomery
Terms to Expire 2014: Harrell Cushing, First, Montgomery; *Ethel Lemmond, First, Hartselle; Jerry Lake, First, Tuscaloosa; *Eleanor C. Drake, Uniontown, Uniontown; Joe Whitt, Flatwoods, Tuscaloosa
INTER-BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
Chairperson 2013–2014: Bobby Hopper, Linden, Linden
Terms to Expire 2016: Earl C. Johnson, Christ Community, Huntsville; *Jane Ferguson, First, Montgomery; *Walt Howard, Heritage, Montgomery; D’Linell Finley, Southlawn, Montgomery
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Chairperson 2013–2014: Morgan Bailey, Canaan, Bessemer
Terms to Expire 2016: Henry Cox, Durant Chapel, Bay Minette; Rusty J. Sowell, Providence, Opelika
RESOLUTIONS
Chairperson 2013–2014: Roger D. Willmore, Deerfoot, Trussville
Terms to Expire 2014: Roger D. Willmore, Deerfoot, Trussville; *Gary McGriff, New Hope #2, Cullman; Edwin Jenkins, First, Athens; *Joanne B. Farmer, Mount Hebron West, Elmore; *Eunie Smith, First, Birmingham; Dennis R. Culbreth, First, Jasper; Steve Loggins, Beechwood, Mount Olive
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Killian names committees
State convention President John Killian, pastor of Maytown Baptist Church in Bessemer Baptist Association, announced the appointments 30 days prior to the annual meeting in accordance with bylaw requirements, but messengers had to ratify the appointments during the meeting.
The convention Credentials Committee helps with problems regarding registration and seating of messengers.
Serving as chairman of the committee was Randy Makemson, Faith, Vinemont. Serving with him were Terrell Boyd, Lakewood, Huntsville; Scott Delashaw, Donald, Town Creek; Rob Hatfield, Mount Zion, Huntsville; Ann Higgins, Maytown, Maytown; Tim Keenum, Sardis Springs, Athens.
Tellers Committee members helped convention officers tabulate convention votes.
Greg Walker, First, Helena, served as chairman. Other members were David Byrd, Northside, Jasper; Jared Case, Northport, Northport; Steve Grissom, Haven, Madison; Lance Hogan, Corinth Heights, Haleyville; Ray Stonecypher, Piney Grove, Ardmore; Kevin Ward, Salem Springs, Elkmont.
The following also were elected to serve on the Committee on Committees until 2016: Fred Lackey, Clements, Athens, chair; Chris Crain, South Roebuck, Birmingham; Robert Smith, Enon, Moulton.
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The convention preacher for the 2014 annual meeting will be Tim Cox, pastor of Liberty Baptist Church, Chelsea, in Shelby Baptist Association.
Alternate preacher is Buddy Champion, pastor of First, Trussville.
Messengers voted for Lakeside to also be the site of the 2018 annual meeting, which will take place Nov. 13–14 of that year.
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