West Virginia Baptists elect youngest-ever president
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Messengers at the 49th annual meeting of the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists (WVCSB) elected 26-year-old Mason Ballard, pastor/planter of Resurrection Church in Charleston as 30th convention president. "Your Cooperative Program investment in Mason Ballard is something you all should be proud of because he is reaping great fruit through the power of the Lord," Ed Goodman, director of missions for the Upper Ohio Valley Baptist Association, told messengers during his nomination speech.
