Alabama native Bobby Welch, known for his enthusiastic zeal for evangelism, won the first contested Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) presidential election in a decade June 15. He defeated North Carolina pastor Al Jarrell, 3,997 to 1,020, or 79.6 percent to 20.4 percent. Welch, pastor of First Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Fla., succeeds Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church…