Newland third nominee for SBC 2nd VP

NASHVILLE — John Newland, senior pastor of Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis, will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), John Rogers of Indianapolis announced May 14. Newland is the third announced nominee for election as SBC second vice president during this year’s June 10–11 annual meeting in Indianapolis. To date, the other nominees are Jim Hamilton, executive director-treasurer of the Dakota Baptist Convention, and Brian Fossett, president of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists.

Rogers, missions/evangelism team leader for the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, noted that Newland leads the church planting team for Crossroads Baptist Association in Indianapolis. Newland has led Fall Creek Baptist Church since 2004 and previously was pastor of First Baptist Church in Grayson, Ky.

Information from the 2007 Annual Church Profile (Oct. 1, 2006 –- Sept. 1, 2007) for Fall Creek Baptist Church lists 20 baptisms and primary worship service attendance of 302. The church gave $39,526, or 5.9 percent, through the Cooperative Program from total undesignated receipts of $666,559. According to the ACP, the church also received $7,500 for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions and $4,648 for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions.