AMARILLO, Texas — The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) elected its first female president Oct. 29. Joy Fenner, a former missionary from Garland, Texas, won on a 900–840 vote, defeating David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church, Canyon, Texas. Fenner, 70, who has served as a church secretary and executive director of the Texas Woman’s Missionary Union, won with…
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