Report of Committee on Boards and Commissions
EDITOR’S NOTE — Messengers voted to elect or re-elect the following during the 2019 Alabama Baptist State Convention. An asterisk (*) before the name indicates a layperson. The executive committee and State Board of Missions members are grouped by associations while board members of convention entities are designated by church membership.
Executive Committee
*Rhonda Grandstaff, Southeast Alabama; Guy Anderson, Selma; Greg Corbin, Birmingham; David Chambers, East Cullman; Jay Stewart, St. Clair; *Patti Shoemaker, Montgomery; Terry Herald, Madison
State Board of Missions
Terms to Expire 2022: Tim Scarbrough, Autauga; Stuart Davidson, Baldwin; Bill McCall, Bessemer; Mike McKee, Bigbee; *Bobby Keith, Birmingham; Chase Clower, Butler; George Cardin, Central; Eddie Nation, Cherokee; Gary Jones, Chilton; *Nick Waugh, Clarke; Dee Pate, Cleburne; Kaleb Wimberly, Coffee; Larry Morrison, Coosa River; *Robin Hill, Dale; Bill Godwin, Elmore; *Jeanie Balding, Franklin; Jason Duckett, Hale; Otis Derrah, Judson; Byron Pickering, Lamar; James Maples, Lookout Mountain; Jeremy Sorrells, Marion; *Martha Hamilton, Jeff Martin, Marshall; Charles Brown, Mobile; Matt Haines, Morgan; Willard Davis, Steve Loggins, North Jefferson; Jay Stewart, Chip Thornton, St. Clair; Craig White, Sand Mountain; *Rebekah Parr, Shelby; *Donnie Wells, Southeast Alabama; John Foles, Sulphur Springs; Ben Hayes, Tallapoosa; Donnie Payne, Tuscaloosa; John P. Gates, Walker; *Norma W. Blount, Washington; Stephen Brown, West Cullman
—Convention entities—
The Alabama Baptist
Terms to Expire 2023: Teddye Gandy, Pike Road; *Melissa Carlisle Golden, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Rosalie Hall Hunt, First, Guntersville; *Jana Wyatt, Westview, Opp
Board of Aid
Terms to Expire 2023: Michel R. Bedford, Dauphin Way, Mobile
Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries
Terms to Expire 2023: *Douglas R. Bachuss Jr., Central, Decatur; *Paul Huckeba, Hunter Street, Birmingham; *Terry Wilhite, First, Cullman; *Kelly McMurry, First, Trussville
Christian Life Commission
Terms to Expire 2023: Dave Burns, First, Prattville; Joel Carwile, First, Athens; Herbert Brown, Southside, Greenville; Jim Graham, Coosada; John Killian, First, Fayette
Education Commission
Terms to Expire 2023: *Mitzi L. Holladay, Benton; *Regina Washburn, Greensboro; *Laurie B. Barnett, First, Prattville
The Baptist Foundation of Alabama
Terms to Expire 2023: Michael Hardin, Dawson, Birmingham; Katherine Webb, First, Montgomery
Alabama Baptist Historical Commission
Terms to Expire 2023: *Jimmy Austin, Highland, Florence; *David Nelson, First, Tuscaloosa; *Jerrol Hare, Thomasville; *Gerald Glenn, First, Trussville
Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers
Terms to Expire 2023: *Gail May, First, Selma; *Elissa Kilpatrick, First, Montgomery; *Bobby Cook, First, Clanton; *Jimmy McKinney, First, Roanoke; William R. Carr, First, Alabaster
Judson College
Terms to Expire 2023: *Arthur Britton, First, Montgomery; *Bruce Fuller, Pine Flat, Selma; *Gregg Morrison, Shades Mountain, Birmingham; *Joan V. Newman, First, Enterprise; *Lenora Pate, Dawson, Birmingham
University of Mobile
Terms to Expire 2023: *Brynn Albretsen, Highland, Florence; *Kelly O. Burdette, First, Killen; *Kenny Harris, Farmstead, Jasper; *Dorothy Savage, First, Fairhope; *Lawson Swearingen, First, Fairhope; Sammy Gilbreath, Highland, Florence; *Robert McGinley, Spring Hill, Mobile
Shocco Springs Conference Center
Terms to Expire 2023: *Scott Prater, EaglePoint, Jacksonville; *Bobby R. Austin, First, Athens; *Deena Weston, Cloverdale, Montgomery; Andy Frazier, Grace, Sumiton
Report of Committee on Committees
Committee on Boards and Commissions
Chairperson 2019–2020: Ben Bowden, First, Enterprise
Chairperson 2020–2021: Craig Carlisle, Etowah Baptist Association
Terms to Expire 2021: *Kenya Jernigan, Mt. Zion, Huntsville; Craig Carlisle, First, Gadsden; *Chad Young, Macedonia, Ranburne; Greg Hyche, Ladonia, Phenix City; *Andrea Fuller, Ozark; Chris Wells, Camden; Lawrence Phipps, First, Gulf Shores; *Ashleigh Williams, First, Demopolis; *Mary Sue Bennett, First, Tuscaloosa; Jesse Reeder, Moulton Baptist; *Linda Peek; First, Trussville; *Patti Shoemaker, First, Montgomery
Audit Committee
Chairperson 2019–2020: *Rick Gibson, First, Tuscaloosa
Terms to Expire 2022: *Jamie Jackson, First, Prattville; Nathan Edwards, First, Gadsden
Insurance Committee
Chairperson 2019–2020: *Mike Colquett, Mexia, Mexia
Terms to Expire 2022: *Art Mosley, First, Jackson; Bob Frazer, Elkdale, Selma; *Ken Stephens, First, Montgomery
Committee on Time, Place, and Preacher
Chairperson 2019–2020: Earl Mitchell, First, Attalla
Terms to Expire 2020: Eddy Garner, Woodmont, Florence; Ray Jones, Ridgecrest, Dothan; Rex Kent, First, Jemison; Robert Klotz, First, Talladega; Earl Mitchell, First, Attalla; Derek Staples, First, Jacksonville; Mitch Thrower, Pineview, Thomasville
Memorials Committee
Chairperson 2019–2020: Larry Cummings, Wayside, Alexander City
Terms to Expire 2020: Randy Atkinson, First, Pelham; Larry Cummings, Wayside, Alexander City; Kenny Hoomes, First, Montgomery; *Mary Hughes, Heritage, Montgomery; Kenneth Loomis, Heritage, Montgomery
Committee on Order of Business
Chairperson 2019–2020: Rob Jackson, Eastern Shore, Daphne
Terms to Expire 2022: Buddy Gray, Hunter Street, Hoover; Jeff Redmond, Parkway, Auburn
Committee on Resolutions
Chairperson 2019–2020: *Melissa Bowen, First, Prattville
Terms to Expire 2020: *Whitney Alexander, First, Gadsden; *Melissa Bowen, First, Prattville; D’Linell Finley, Southlawn, Montgomery; *George Foust, Mt. Zion, Huntsville; Teman Knight, Heritage, Montgomery; John Nicholson, Siloam, Marion; Kyle Valaer, Liberty, Chelsea
—President’s nominees—
Committee on Committees
Tim Cox, president of the state convention, nominated the following for three-year terms (expiring 2022):
Chairperson 2019–2022: Travis Coleman, First, Prattville
Cecil Sanders, First, Headland; and Jay Stewart, First, Ashville
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