Jacksonville, Fla. — J. Thomas Green has been elected to lead the 1 million-member Florida Baptist State Convention as executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention.
The pastor of First Baptist Church, Brandon, Fla., was tapped by the Florida State Board of Missions during its May 29 meeting at Lake Yale Conference Center in Leesburg. He assumed his new role June 8.
Green, an Alabama native, earned his bachelor’s degree from Samford University in Birmingham in 1980 and master of divinity degrees from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
As the tenth executive director of the Florida Baptist Convention, Green, 57, succeeds John Sullivan who retired Feb. 28 after serving in that role from 1989 to 2015, the longest tenure in Florida Baptist history.
Green was elected as the Florida Baptist State Convention president in 2003 and 2004. He is completing a three-year term on the State Board, having previously served on it from 1999 to 2005. During his first tenure he was twice elected board president in 2000–2001 and 2001–2002.
He has served as pastor of First, Brandon, since April 1996. During his 19-year tenure, he led the church to double its membership to 5,700 from 2,723. Under his leadership the church has been a pacesetter among Florida Baptist churches in evangelism and baptisms with 100 individuals being led into baptismal waters each year.
He and his wife, Karen, have three children and three grandchildren.
(Florida Baptist Convention)
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