[1]LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Johnny Hunt. Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., announced the appointments in accordance with SBC Bylaw 19 which requires that their names be released to Baptist Press no later than 45 days prior to the annual meeting.
The Committee on Committees will assemble in Louisville, Ky., just prior to the SBC’s June 23-24 annual meeting to nominate members of the Committee on Nominations who, in turn, nominate trustees to serve on boards of the various entities of the SBC. SBC Bylaw 19 also provides that the Committee on Committees “shall nominate all special committees authorized during the sessions of the Convention not otherwise provided for.”
The Committee on Committees has 70 members, two from each of the 35 state or regional conventions qualified for representation on boards of SBC entities.
David Gallamore, pastor of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley, S.C., has been designated to serve as committee chairman.
Committee members are:
ALABAMA — Dusty McLemore, Lindsay Lane Baptist Church, Athens; Charles Brown, Government Street Baptist Church, Mobile.
[2]ALASKA — Garry Loeffler, Hillside Baptist Church, Anchorage; Lewis Hayes, Muldoon Road Baptist Church, Anchorage.
ARIZONA — Kelly Carr, Wellspring Church, Chandler; David Campbell, Greenlaw Baptist Church, Flagstaff.
ARKANSAS — Ferrel Duffel, Manila First Baptist Church, Manila; Kathy Ferguson, The Church at Pinnacle Hills, Rogers.
CALIFORNIA — Gary Dew, First Baptist Church, Salida; Pat Pavlian, Immanuel Baptist Church, Highland.
COLORADO — Dennis Blythe, Riverside Baptist Church, Denver; Pat Knowlton, Creede Baptist Church, Creede.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — Greg Gilbert, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.; Deepak Reju, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
FLORIDA — James Peoples, Trinity Baptist Church, Keystone Heights; Clayton Cloer, First Baptist Church of Central Florida, Orlando.
GEORGIA — Charlie Bridges, Grove Level Baptist Church, Dalton; Dennis Mitchell, Greenforest Community Baptist Church, Decatur.
HAWAII — Chris Metcalf, Lihue Baptist Church, Lihue; Derrick Norris, Mililani Baptist Church, Mililani.
ILLINOIS — Randy Mullinax, Grace Southern Baptist Church, Virden; Odis Weaver, First Baptist Church, Plainfield.
INDIANA — Roger Kinion, Calvary Baptist Church, Greenfield; Dale Eakes, Warren Baptist Church, Indianapolis.
KANSAS-NEBRASKA — Derrick Lynch, Blue Valley Baptist Church., Overland Park, Kan.; Linda Choura, First Baptist Church, Haysville, Kan.
KENTUCKY — Mike Harris, Severns Valley Baptist Church, Elizabethton; Trevor Barton, Hawk Creek Baptist Church, London.
LOUISIANA — Ron Mason, Start Baptist Church, Start; Steve Horn, First Baptist Church, Lafayette.
MARYLAND-DELAWARE — Steve Rose, Myersville Baptist Church, Myersville, Md.; Kyle McDaniel, SonRise Church, Berlin, Md.
MICHIGAN — Bob Carpenter, Cedar Street Church, Holt; Jeff Heims, Friendship Baptist Church, Lincoln Park.
MISSISSIPPI — Rob Futral, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison; Kenny Goza, Easthaven Baptist Church, Brookhaven.
MISSOURI — Monte Shinkle, Concord Baptist Church, Jefferson City; W.N. “Bud” Lee, Calvary Baptist Church, Blue Springs.
NEVADA — Paul Gotthardt, Life Baptist Church, Las Vegas; Vance Pitman, Hope Baptist Church, Las Vegas.
NEW ENGLAND — Paul Kim, Berkland Baptist Church, Cambridge, Mass.; John Scoggins, Nashua Baptist Church, Nashua, N.H.
NEW MEXICO — Clark Henderson, Sandia Baptist Church, Albuquerque; Howell Scott, Bethel Baptist Church, Alamogordo.
NEW YORK — Gary Frost, Evergreen Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Jerry Lepasana, Bible Church International, Garfield, N.J.
NORTH CAROLINA — Cindy Stevens, Cross Culture Church, Raleigh; Kenny Chinn, Northside Church, Wilmington.
NORTHWEST — Chris Weldon, Lifepointe Community Church, Snoqualmie, Wash.; Mike Malody, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Pasco, Wash.
OHIO — Danny Rollins, Rolling Hills Baptist Church, Fairfield; Dean Fulks, Lifepoint Church, Columbus.
OKLAHOMA — Bill Hulse, Parkview Baptist Church, Tulsa; Jamie Powell, First Baptist Church West, Lawton.
PENNSYLVANIA-SOUTH JERSEY — John Draper, Paoli Baptist Church, Paoli, Pa.; Bill Burcher, Friendship Baptist Church, Waynesboro, Pa.
SOUTH CAROLINA — David Gallamore, Rock Springs Baptist Church, Easley, chairman; Ed Carney, Riverland Hills Baptist Church, Irmo.
TENNESSEE — Arden Taylor, Tri-Cities Baptist Church, Gray; Adam Dooley, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga.
TEXAS — Terry Turner, Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church, Mesquite; Tim Watson, First Baptist Church, Longview.
UTAH-IDAHO — Mark Keith, Stansbury Park Baptist Church, Tooele, Utah; Jim Myers, Mt. Idaho Baptist Church, Grangeville, Idaho.
VIRGINIA — Dan Cook, Spotswood Baptist Church, Fredericksburg; Mark Croston, East End Baptist Church, Suffolk.
WEST VIRGINIA — Todd Hill, Grace Baptist Church, Parkersburg; Greg Varndell, Fairlawn Baptist Church, Parkersburg.
WYOMING — Mark Porter, Happy Jack County Church, Cheyenne; Sharon Stillie, First Southern Baptist Church, Rawlins.
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