William G. “Bill” Tanner

William G. "Bill" Tanner, who served as president of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board (HMB) from 1977–1986 and in multiple leadership roles throughout the Southern Baptist Convention, died June 10 in Belton, Texas. He was 77. Tanner’s leadership of the HMB (now the North American Mission Board, NAMB) was marked by the beginning of the Mission Service Corps volunteer…