JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After serving for more than a quarter of a century, John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention, announced his retirement to the Florida State Board of Missions and then gave an official statement Sept. 18 and 19 respectively.
Sullivan’s retirement will be effective Feb. 28, 2015.
A nine-person search committee led by board chairman Marvin Pittman was appointed to find Sullivan’s successor.
Sullivan, 77, previously served as first vice president for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC); a member of the SBC Executive Committee; on the National Task Force on Planned Growth and Giving; and SBC Parliamentarian, among other roles.
He served as pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, La.; First Baptist Church, Sulphur Springs, Texas; and other churches in Texas and Arizona. During his 26-year tenure in Florida, Sullivan preached more than 5,859 times in 3,067 locations.
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