DRAPER, Utah — Jim Harding, executive director of the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention, is leaving the post to become pastor of First Baptist Church, West Valley City, Utah.
Harding, 52, has led the two-state convention since 1995, also serving as editor of the state paper, The Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Witness. He was the convention’s director of religious education from 1990-95.
Harding played a key role in coordinating the involvement of Utah-Idaho Baptists in the June 1998 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
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