Alabama Baptists are among nominees to serve on some Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) boards and committees.
Nominations for the SBC Executive Committee, the four denominational boards — International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources and GuideStone Financial Resources — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the six seminaries and the Committee on Order of Business have been selected by the 2011 SBC Committee on Nominations.
Nominees will serve if elected by the messengers to the SBC annual meeting June 14–15 in Phoenix, Ariz.
• Steve Loggins, director of missions for North Jefferson Baptist Association — second term, Executive Committee.
• Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions — GuideStone Financial Resources.
• Jay Wolf, pastor of First Baptist Church, Montgomery — International Mission Board.
• Max F. Croft, associate pastor of Agape Baptist Church, Scottsboro — International Mission Board. Croft replaces Linda Jean Applegarth, of Montgomery, who declined to serve a second term.
• Larry Gipson, pastor of First Baptist Church, Oneonta — second term, North American Mission Board.
• Edwin J. Hayes, pastor of First Baptist Church, Cullman — second term, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
SBC President Bryant Wright, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga., also has announced the Committee on Committees.
The Committee on Committees will assemble in Phoenix just prior to the SBC annual meeting to nominate members of the Committee on Nominations, who, in turn, nominate trustees to serve on boards of the various entities of the SBC.
SBC Bylaw 19 also provides that the Committee on Committees “shall nominate all special committees authorized during the sessions of the Convention not otherwise provided for.”
The Committee on Committees has 70 members, two from each of the 35 state or regional conventions qualified for representation on boards of SBC entities.
Gregg Matte, pastor of First Baptist Church, Houston, Texas, has been designated to serve as committee chairman.
Alabama Baptists serving on the Committee on Committees are:
• Danny Wood, pastor of Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Vestavia.
• Roy Hill, pastor of First Baptist Church, Satsuma. (BP)
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