WESTWEGO, La. — Louisiana pastor Jay Adkins will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) by Joed Rice, pastor of Central Baptist Church, Ashland, Ky., according to a news release. Adkins has been pastor of First Baptist Church, Westwego, La., for four years and expects to graduate from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a master of divinity degree in May 2007. Adkins, 33, previously served as pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, South Shore, Ky., where he led the congregation from its status as a mission to a self-supporting church.
Adkins is the third nominee for SBC second vice president, following the announcement in early March by Kentucky pastor Bill Dodson that he will nominate Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church, Buena Park, Calif., and the announcement later that month by Daniel L. Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., that he will nominate J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church, Durham, N.C. The SBC’s June 13–14 sessions will be held in Greensboro, N.C.
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