Alabama Baptists tapped for service

Alabama Baptists tapped for service

During the 187th 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 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 State Board of Missions.

An asterisk (*) before the name indicates a layperson.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman: Jimmy Jackson
Whitesburg, Huntsville
District 4: *Mitchell E. Gavin, First Baptist, Alexander City; District 9: John P. Gates, Mount Vernon, Jasper
Members-At-Large: John T. Brock, Highland, Florence; John A. Nixon Jr., Northport

STATE BOARD OF MISSIONS
Terms to Expire 2012: *Guy Bruce, Alabama-Crenshaw; David Clay Carroll, Autauga; *Wayne Horton, Bibb; *Margie Duncan, Joel L. Farrow, Scott Guffin and Randy G. Atkinson, Birmingham; *Larry D. Roberts, Blount; *Keith Pugh, Bullock-Centennial; Sidney W. Nichols and Derek Staples, Calhoun; Danny Rasberry, Chilton; L.C. Harris, Clay; Tony L. Dye, Coffee; *Olivia J. Wages and John T. Brock, Colbert-Lauderdale; Larry Cummings, Covington; Judson D. Waldrop, Dale; David Chambers, East Cullman; A. Bryan Blass III and Anthony C. Copeland, Etowah; *Debbie Parrish, Fayette; Mike Shirah, Geneva; Benton Goodman, Lamar; *Faye Colella, Limestone; Eric G. Fuller and John Robert Burt, Madison; *Patti Shoemaker and Greg Murks, Montgomery; Charles L. Autery, Pine Barren; Daniel B. Wiggins Jr., Pleasant Grove; Judy Lafollette, Randolph; David Spray, St. Clair; Jerome Weed, Salem Troy; *Lamar Brooks, Sardis; *John Westbrook, Selma; Timothy M. Cox, Shelby; Ralph R. Smith, Sipsey; *Gene Hill and Mike King, Tuskegee Lee; Dennis E. Trimble and Keith Gambill, West Cullman; Jim Cooley, Winston

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chairman 2009­–2010:
William L. Hart Jr.
Pleasant Grove, Ozark
Terms to Expire 2011: *Jane G. Knight, First Baptist, Decatur; Gary Cardwell, MeadowBrook, Gadsden; *Charlotte M. Carroll, Golden Springs, Anniston; Dexter James, Central, Phenix City; *Rhonda Grandstaff, Southside, Dothan; Mike Flowers, First Baptist, Opp; Gregory T. Pouncey, First Baptist, Tillman’s Corner; *Mary Margaret Lee, Faith Chapel, Marion; *Bill Stephens, Skyland Boulevard, Tuscaloosa; Jim Cooley, First Baptist, Haleyville; *W. Tim Plyler, Mount Zion, Warrior; *Judy Felkins, First Baptist, Clanton

CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2011: Michael J. Brooks, Pine Flat, Marion; Jeffrey W. Fuller, Rockford
Terms to Expire 2013: *Patrick H. Davenport, Mount Gilead, Dothan; *Belinda Hepburn, Taylor Road, Montgomery; *Richard Montgomery, Pleasant Grove, Moulton; *Judy Roden, Gilliam Springs, Arab

BAPTIST FOUNDATION
Terms to Expire 2013: *Diane T. Aman, Ozark; Chuck Ashley, First Baptist, Montgomery; *Kent Henslee, MeadowBrook, Gadsden; *David S. Puckett, First Baptist, Pelham; *E. Earl Rhyne, Dawson Memorial, Birmingham

EDUCATION COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2013: Barry F. Cosper, First Baptist, Alexander City; *Dianne Heard Morgan, First Baptist, Prattville; Jerry Henry, First Baptist, Fairhope; Wayne Burns, Summerville, Phenix City

BOARD OF AID
Terms to Expire 2010: *Evelyn Andrews, Robinsonville, Atmore
Terms to Expire 2013: Rick Barnhart, Lifeway Community, Silverhill; Michael R. Bedford, College Park, Mobile; *Ramona Clark, First Baptist, Mount Olive; *Don McConnell, NorthPark, Trussville

INTER-BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
Terms to Expire 2012: John H. Davis Jr., Winewood, Birmingham; Bobby E. Hopper, Linden; Tom Simic, Winterboro, Alpine; Gregory L. Tippins, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa

CHILDREN’S HOMES
Terms to Expire 2010: *W. Alan Wilks, Henagar
Terms to Expire 2013: *Matthew Y. Beam, First Baptist, Montgomery; *Laura H. Graham, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa; *Phillip Padgett, Corinth, Cragford; *David W. Pearson, Shades Mountain, Vestavia Hills

HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2013: Wendell Dutton, Slackland, Leesburg; *Gayle W. Glenn, First Baptist, Trussville; *Calvin Milford, First Baptist, LaFayette; *Anita L. Sparks, First Baptist, Piedmont

THE ALABAMA BAPTIST
Terms to Expire 2013: *Jane Bellew, Pleasant Ridge, Hueytown; Larry C. Patterson, Southside, Bay Minette; Bradley Rushing, Mount Gilead, Dothan; Jim Warren, Highland, Florence

JUDSON COLLEGE
Terms to Expire 2010: *Leigh Hayes Wiatt, First Baptist, Montgomery
Terms to Expire 2011: *Bruce Fuller, Pine Flat, Selma
Terms to Expire 2013: *Emelyn M. Carlson, Calvary, Tuscaloosa; *Daveta B. Dozier, Thomasville; *R. Doug Halbrooks, Siloam, Marion; *P. Leigh O’Dell, Heritage, Montgomery; *James H. Sanford, First Baptist, Prattville; *Jerry Thomas, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa; *Rod P. Wilkin, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa

UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE
Terms to Expire 2013: *Joe Bedwell, First Baptist, Jackson; *Leslie Wayne Gordon, Green Valley, Hoover; *Terry H. Harbin, West Mobile; *James Massey, First Baptist, Citronelle; *Julie Ralph, First Baptist, Fairhope; *James L. West, Springhill, Mobile; *Fred H. Wilson, Lafitte, Saraland

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
Terms to Expire 2010: *Beth Thorne Stukes, First Baptist, Jasper
Terms to Expire 2013: *Karen Owen Bowdre, Dawson Memorial, Birmingham; *Victor M. Brown, Shades Mountain, Vestavia Hills; *Ronald A. DeVane, First Baptist, Dothan; *Don H. Kilgore, First Baptist, Jasper; *Jerry A. Newby, Sardis Springs, Athens; *Gary Ray Pearman, Whitesburg, Huntsville; *Roderic Giles Steakley, Whitesburg, Huntsville; *Ronnie L. Watkins, MeadowBrook, Gadsden; Jay L. Wolf, First Baptist, Montgomery

SHOCCO SPRINGS
Terms to Expire 2011: Roland P. Brown, Golden Springs, Anniston
Terms to Expire 2013: William P. Hix Jr., Ozark; *Lawrence E. Murphy, Hillcrest, Enterprise; *Nan Murphree Priest, The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham; *Deena Haynes Weston, Vaughn Forest, Montgomery

TIME, PLACE AND PREACHER
Chairman 2009–2010:
Sidney W. Nichols
Hill Crest, Anniston
(with term to expire in 2010)
Terms to Expire 2010: Kevin Blackwell, Valley Creek, Hueytown; Roy Hill, First Baptist, Satsuma; Lee Singley, Wall Highway, Madison; Jeremy Sorrells, Fellowship, Vernon; Mark Stokes, Camellia, Prattville; Lucky Teague, First Baptist, Jasper

AUDIT COMMITTEE
Chairwoman 2009–2010:
*Melissa P. Sahagun
First Baptist, Trussville
Terms to Expire 2012: *Henry J. Dunlap, First Baptist, Alexander City; *Donald E. Setser, Dauphin Way, Mobile

RESOLUTIONS
Chairman 2009–2010:
Henry Cox
Durant Chapel, Bay Minette
(with term to expire in 2010)
Terms to Expire 2010: Craig Carlisle, Twelfth Street, Gadsden; Gerald Hallmark, First Baptist, Alexander City; *Martha Hayes, First Baptist, Cullman; Jack M. Redfearn Jr., West Hartselle; Scott Slayton, Meadow Brook, Birmingham; Derek L. Staples, First Baptist, Jacksonville

MEMORIALS COMMITTEE
Chairman 2009–2010:
Harold Hancock
First Baptist, Montgomery
Terms to Expire 2010: *Ben T. Barnett, First Baptist, Tuscaloosa; Samuel W. Davidson, Seventh Street, Bessemer; Dwight Everett, Leighton; Harold Hancock, First Baptist, Montgomery; Bill Wallace, Ephesus, Marion

INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Chairman 2009–2010:
*Reyn Norman
First Baptist, Greenville
Terms to Expire 2010: *John H. Witherington, Southside, Troy
Terms to Expire 2012: *Mike Colquett, First Baptist, Monroeville; *Horace W. Powell, First Baptist, Prattville

RETIREMENT CENTERS
Terms to Expire 2011: *Earl R. Davis, First Baptist, Clanton
Terms to Expire 2012: Carl Head Jr., Lakeview, Montgomery
Terms to Expire 2013: *Martine G. Bates, Central, Decatur; Ed Bowman, Eastmont, Montgomery; Jim O. Griffin, Bower Memorial, Evergreen; *Gail M. May, First Baptist, Selma; Ronnie McCarson, Cottage Hill, Mobile

ORDER OF BUSINESS
Chairman 2009–2010:
Charles T. Carter
Shades Mountain, Vestavia Hills
Terms to Expire 2012: Morgan Bailey, Canaan, Bessemer (TAB)