Messengers to the 2000 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Orlando, Fla., elected James Merritt without opposition to a one-year term as president June 14. Messengers also elected Alabama native Ted Traylor as first vice president and Louisiana Baptist Tommy French as second vice president. Merritt, 47, is pastor of the 12,000-member First Baptist Church, Snellville, Ga., located in a suburb…