During the 194th 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 SBOM. An asterisk (*) before the name indicates a layperson.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairperson: John Thweatt
District: Jimmy E. Jackson, Craig Carlisle, *Bobby Bailey, Larry Cummings, Johnny Fain, Mark McCullough, *Kelly Jones, John Nicholson, James Nichols, Eddy Garner, Morgan Bailey, Rick Evans
Members at large: *Becky Head, Carl Williams, Buddy Champion, Mike Goforth, Britt Green, Jimmy Garner, Scotty Hogan, Mack Morris
Ex-officio members: SBOM Executive Director Rick Lance, Chairman of SBOM Morgan Bailey, State Convention President John Thweatt, First Vice President Tim Cox, President of Alabama WMU *Anna Speir
STATE BOARD OF MISSIONS
Terms to Expire 2019: Tim Scarbrough, Autauga; Stuart Davidson, Baldwin; Orlando Buck, Barbour; Morgan Bailey, Bessemer; Mike McKee, Bigbee; *Bobby Keith, Birmingham; Chase Clower, Butler; Jeffrey Fuller, Central; David Bankson, Cherokee; Gary Jones, Chilton; Jeremy Sorrells, Choctaw; David Nelson, Clarke; *Bobby Bailey, Cleburne; Michael Mynatt, Coffee; *Donnie Wells, Columbia; Larry Morrison, Coosa River; *Faye Brow, Dale; David McMillen, DeKalb; *Nan Auston, East Cullman; Mike Ingram, Elmore; Sammy Taylor, Franklin; Dee McGuire, Hale; Ronnie Marshall, Judson; Byron Pickering, Lamar; Ronald Berry, Lookout Mountain; Michael Stancil, Marion; Mike Goforth, Jeff Martin, Marshall; Todd Evans, Morgan; Sammie Reid, *Rebecca Head, North Jefferson; Jay Stewart, Chip Thornton, St. Clair; David Hairston, Sand Mountain; Allan Murphy, Shelby; John Foles, Sulphur Springs; Larry Cummings, Richard Hall, Tallapoosa; Greg Hart, Tennessee River; John P. Gates, Walker; *Norma W. Blount, Washington; *Richard Gurley, West Cullman
THE ALABAMA BAPTIST
Terms to Expire 2017: Rick Ellison, First, Silverhill
Terms to Expire 2020: Travis Coleman, First, Prattville; Ken Megginson, Moffett Road, Mobile; Rob Jackson, Central, Decatur; *Scott Swedenburg, Dawson Memorial, Homewood
BOARD OF AID
Terms to Expire 2020: Dino Danzey, Government Street, Mobile; Kenneth Fuller, Centreville, Centreville; *Tammy Simms, University, Huntsville; Todd Ray, First, Brewton
CHILDREN’S HOMES
Terms to Expire 2020: *Derry R. Johnson, Integrity, Birmingham; *Lana Hawkins, First, Arab; *Les Myers, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Randy Winton, First, Brewton
CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2020: Robert Griffin, Highland, Clanton; Joe Bob Mizzell, Hopewell, Marion; Robert Smith, Enon, Muscle Shoals
EDUCATION COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2020: *Sammie Barstow, First, Tuscaloosa; *Melba Brown, Government Street, Mobile; Bill Cannon, First, Union Springs; Jerry Henry, First, Fairhope; Mike McLemore, Lakeside, Birmingham; *Debbie Morris, Chulafinnee, Heflin
BAPTIST FOUNDATION
Terms to Expire 2018: *Alan Taylor, First, Trussville
Terms to Expire 2020: *Morrell Dodd, Hunter Street, Hoover; *Rick Gibson, First, Tuscaloosa; *Bill Harper, Eastern Hills, Montgomery; *Diane B. Kennedy, Spring Hill, Mobile; *J. Timothy Mitchell, Parker Memorial, Anniston
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Terms to Expire 2020: *Debbie Campbell, The Baptist Church at McAdory, McCalla; *Ralph Foster Jr., First, Montgomery; *Mavis Gates, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Johnie Sentell Jr., Dawson Memorial, Homewood
RETIREMENT CENTERS
Terms to Expire 2018: Earl Lee, First, Gulf Shores
Terms to Expire 2019: *Harold J. Hammond, First, Prattville
Terms to Expire 2020: Ken Farley, Rehobeth, Dothan; *W. Forrest Hatfield, Elkdale, Selma; *Talmadge Holbrook, Liberty Hill, Clanton; *Grover Jacobs, Taylor Road, Montgomery; Curtis Pace, First, Montgomery
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
Terms to Expire 2019: *Sue M. Belcher, Shades Mountain, Birmingham
Terms to Expire 2020: *Linda Bachus, Hunter Street, Hoover; Gary Fenton, Dawson Memorial, Homewood; *Sherri Foyt, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; Randy Gunter, MeadowBrook, Gadsden; *Pete M. Hanna, Liberty Park, Birmingham; John E. King Jr., Sixth Avenue, Birmingham; *Mary Johnston Shaw, First, Pelham; *Rachel Wachter, Eastern Shore, Daphne; *Zeke W. Smith, First, Trussville
JUDSON COLLEGE
Terms to Expire 2020: *Eugenia Anderson, Mountain Brook, Birmingham; *Charles F. Dunkin, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Neal Isbell, Highland, Florence; *E. Gaylon McCollough, First, Enterprise; *Daphne R. Robinson, Daphne, Daphne; Roger Willmore, Cherry Street, Attalla; *Gary C. Wyatt, Dawson Memorial, Homewood
UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE
Terms to Expire 2020: *David Conner, Redemption, Saraland; *Jim Daniel, First, Trussville; *Richard Gaal, Spring Hill, Mobile; *Terry Harbin, Redemption, Saraland; Mike Holcomb, Life Church, Oxford; *Ronnie Holladay, Benton, Benton
SHOCCO SPRINGS
Terms to Expire 2020: Gena Butler, Parker Memorial, Anniston; Chip Colee, First, Montgomery; Saint Green, Grace Life, Bessemer; Sonya Tucker, Pinedale, Montgomery
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chairperson 2016–2017:
Greg Pouncey
Chairperson 2017–2018:
Rick Evans
Terms to Expire 2018: Michael Cassity, Jackson Way, Huntsville; *Rick W. Hester, Southside, Southside; Larry Riddle, Heflin, Heflin; *Jean King, Providence, Opelika; Ray McKenzie, Cloverdale, Dothan; *Brad Mullins, First, Greenville; *Ward Edge, Tompkins, Grove Hill; Carl Williams, First, Demopolis; David Miller, Edgil Grove, Jasper; *William Smith, Highland, Florence; Jay Stewart, First, Ashville; Rick Evans, Dalraida, Montgomery
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2016–2017: *Richard
LeCroy, Five Points, Northpoint
Terms to Expire 2019: *Richard LeCroy, Five Points, Northpoint, *Ray Breeden, Westmeade, Decatur
INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2016–2017:
*Rusty Melnick, First, Opelika
Terms to Expire 2019: *Rusty Melnick, First, Opelika; *John Vermillion, Taylor Road, Montgomery; Mike King, First, Opelika
TIME, PLACE, PREACHER
Chairperson 2016–2017:
Mike Northcutt, Eastmont, Montgomery
Terms to Expire 2017: Mike Northcutt, Eastmont, Montgomery; Tim Anderson, Clements, Athens; Adam Brewer, Glory Fellowship, Jasper; Micah Gandy, First, Monroeville; Paul Murphy, First, Winfield; Nic Seaborn, Raleigh Avenue, Homewood; Terry Trivette, Sharon Heights, Birmingham
MEMORIALS COMMITTEE
Chairperson 2016–2017:
Bill Morgan, First, Prattville
Terms to Expire 2017: Bill Morgan, First, Prattville; Robert Hatfield, Dawson Memorial, Homewood; *Paul Miller, First, Pell City; Paul H. Moore, First, Pelham; *Sandra Reed, Pisgah, Selma
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Chairperson 2016–2017:
Rob Jackson, Central, Decatur
Terms to Expire 2019: Buddy Gray, Hunter Street, Hoover; Jeff Redmond, Parkway, Auburn
RESOLUTIONS
Chairperson 2016–2017:
Cecil Sanders, First, Headland
Terms to Expire 2017: Cecil Sanders, First, Headland; Daniel Atkins, Taylor Road, Montgomery; Ben Bowden, First, Enterprise; John T. Brock, Highland, Florence; *Joanne B. Farmer, Mt. Hebron West, Elmore; John Killian, Maytown, Maytown; Joe Bob Mizzell, Hopewell, Marion
Coleman names committees
Two committees, the Credentials Committee and the Tellers Committee, were appointed during the state convention’s opening session Nov. 15. The Committee on Committees also was named during the Tuesday sessions.
State Convention President Travis Coleman Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church, Prattville, 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 J. Warren Culver, Capitol Heights, Montgomery. Serving with him were Chris H. Aldridge, Mount Pisgah, Cropwell; Mark Barber, Hillview, Birmingham; Jim Collins, Evergreen, Evergreen; Wayne Henderson, Rockford, Rockford; Trevor A. Perry, Letohatchee, Letohatchee; Tim Scarbrough, Indian Grave, Billingsley.
Tellers Committee members helped convention officers tabulate convention votes.
Kyle Valaer, Liberty, Chelsea, served as chairman. Other members were Roy Hill, First, Satsuma; Jonathan S. Jenkins, Sister Springs, Tyler; D. Keith Ray, Arbor, Pell City; Nathan S. Sims, First, New Brockton; Don Stephens, Plantersville, Plantersville; Stephen Whitehead, Jones, Jones.
The following also were elected to serve on the Committee on Committees until 2019: Greg Corbin, Lakeside, Birmingham, chair in 2019; Ron Madison, Mount Zion, Huntsville; James Watkins, First, Leroy. (TAB)
Time, place, preacher report
The 2017 Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting will be held in Huntsville at Whitesburg Baptist Church on Nov. 14–15.
The convention preacher for the 2017 annual meeting will be Stuart Davidson, pastor of Eastern Shore Baptist Church, Daphne.
Alternate preacher is Terrence Jones, pastor of Strong Tower at Washington Park, Montgomery.
Messengers voted for the 2021 annual meeting to take place Nov. 16–17 at Whitesburg Baptist Church, Huntsville. (TAB)
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