Roy Hill, pastor of FBC Satsuma, and Dusty McLemore, pastor of Lindsay Lane Baptist Church, Athens, have withdrawn their names from the upcoming Alabama Baptist State Convention officers’ race.
Hill had agreed to be nominated for president and McLemore for second vice president.
“My desire is to see those of us who make up this state convention work together to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ,” Hill said. “I encourage all Alabama Baptists to join me in taking this time to pray for and support John Killian.”
Killian, pastor of Maytown Baptist Church and current first vice president of the convention, is the remaining announced nominee for president.
Being nominated for second vice president are Jim Cooley, pastor of FBC Haleyville, and Lawrence Phipps, pastor of Vaughn Forest Baptist Church, Montgomery.
“Lawrence Phipps and Jim Cooley … are both good friends of mine,” McLemore said. “Now is not a good time to have three of us in the election.
“I also have a lot going on with my church, and I felt God speaking to my heart to wait,” he noted.
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