[1] SALT LAKE CITY (BP)–Nominees to serve on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the four denominational boards — International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, Sunday School Board and Annuity Board — have been selected by the 1998 Committee on Nominations.
They will serve if elected by the messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention June 9-11at the Salt Lake City Salt Palace Convention Center:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (81 members): 22 nominations considered; 14 new members; 8 renominations.
Nominees with term to expire in 2002, replacing members ineligible for re-election, include James McDaniel, pastor of First Baptist Church, Brinkley, Ark., replacing Ronnie W. Floyd, Springdale, Ark.; Neal H. Walls, layperson and member of Blackshear Place Baptist Church, Flowery Branch, Ga., replacing Lee Roberts, Marietta, Ga.; Clark Stewart, pastor of Harmony Baptist Church, Crystal Springs, Miss., replacing Larry K. Otis, Tupelo, Miss.; Greg T. Mathis, senior pastor of Mud Creek Baptist Church, Hendersonville, N.C., replacing M. Steve Choplin, Wake Forest, N.C.; Michael S. Hamlet, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, North Spartanburg, S.C., replacing James L. Oliver, Roebuck, S.C.; Gerald Smith, layperson and member of MacArthur Boulevard Baptist Church, Irving, Texas, replacing Joe H. Reynolds, Houston; Carroll Reynolds, layperson and member of Calvary Baptist Church, Boise, Idaho, replacing Andy Hornbaker, Salt Lake City.
Also nominated for term expiring in 2002 are Jim Clayton, layperson and member of Canaan Baptist Church, Bessemer, Ala., replacing Joe R. Blackston, Jasper, Ala., who declined to serve second term; Rob Zinn, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Highland, Calif., replacing Harry W. Lewis, Ridgecrest, Calif., who resigned; Jerry N. Tidwell, pastor of West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson, Tenn., replacing R. L. “Bob” Sorrell, Cordova, Tenn., who declined to serve second term; Archie R. Smith, layperson and member of Kempsville Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, Va., replacing Bob Reccord, formerly of Norfolk, Va., who resigned.
Nominated for term to expire in 2000 is J. Gerald Harris, senior pastor of Eastside Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga., replacing John O. Yarbrough, Perry, Ga., who resigned.
Nominated for term to expire in 1999 is Nancy W. McGuigan, layperson and member of Thorndale Baptist Church, Coatesville, Pa., replacing Daniel W. Guido, formerly of Willow Street, Pa., who resigned.
Nominated for second term are Jerry L. Spencer, Dothan, Ala.; Walter E. Davidson, Anchorage, Alaska; William R. Elliff, Little Rock, Ark.; Charles L. Roesel, Leesburg, Fla.; D. Franklin Cox, Lawrenceville, Ga.; C.C. Brasher, Benton, Ky.; William T. Crosby, Mansfield, La.; Claude Thomas, Euless, Texas.
ANNUITY BOARD (49 members): 13 nominations considered; 6 new members; 7 renominations.
Nominees with term to expire in 2002, replacing members ineligible for re-election, include K. Milton Higgins, interim pastor, member of Grantland Avenue Baptist Church, Fresno, Calif., replacing Richard E. Dwyer, Lomita, Calif.; John J. Mulligan, pastor of Open Arms Fellowship, Schenectady, N.Y., replacing Luis E. Nieto, Manhattan, N.Y.; Wendell C. Lang, pastor of First Baptist Church, Pryor, Okla., replacing Thomas A. Shaw, Tulsa, Okla.
Also nominated for term expiring in 2002 is Bobby G. Sorrells, layperson and member of First Baptist Church, Russellville, Ala., replacing Albert Lee Smith, Birmingham, Ala., who is deceased.
Nominated for term to expire in 2000 is Danny M. Gregg, senior pastor of Wayne Hills Baptist Church, Waynesboro, Va., replacing Larry Whitten, Waynesboro, Va., who is deceased.
Nominated for term to expire in 1999 is Stephen A. Fields, pastor of Victory Baptist Church, Clinton, Ind., replacing Mark S. Hearn, Evansville, Ind., who moved out of state.
Nominated for second term are Tim Walley, Hot Springs, Ark.; O. Gregory Ricks, Savannah, Ga.; Gary C. Glanville, Reisterstown, Md.; Jerry M. Dance, Ewing, Mo.; Michael L. Rochelle, Las Vegas; Timothy E. Head, North Charleston, S.C.; Wayne M. Rodgers, Collierville, Tenn.
INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD (85 members): 21 nominations considered; 10 new members; 11 renominations.
Nominees with term to expire in 2002, replacing members ineligible for re-election, include Billy F. Hudgins, pastor of First Baptist Church, Hokes Bluff, Ala., replacing Ronnie Marshall, Eufaula, Ala.; Edward D. Ricketson Jr., layperson and member of First Baptist Church, Warrenton, Ga., replacing Roy Scarborough, Augusta, Ga.; Johnny L. Nantz, pastor of Spring Valley Baptist Church, Las Vegas, replacing Hoyt A. Savage, Las Vegas; Michael J. Barrett, senior pastor of Pleasant Garden Baptist Church, Pleasant Garden, N.C., replacing Kenneth Wayne Ridings, Asheville, N.C.; Edward B. “Ed” Copeland, layperson and member of Dublin Baptist Church, Dublin, Ohio, replacing John Allen Hays, Reynoldsburg, Ohio; Barbara C. “Bobbie” Horton, layperson and member of Temple Baptist Church, Simpsonville, S.C., replacing Virginia D. Brant, Spartanburg, S.C.; Randy C. Davis, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Morristown, Tenn., replacing William M. Blanchard Jr., Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.; Gary N. Beaty, layperson and member of Southcrest Baptist Church, Lubbock, Texas, replacing Terry J. Horton, Euless, Texas.
Also nominated for term expiring in 2002 is Albert Lee Green, pastor of Lancaster Park Baptist Church, Lancaster, Texas, replacing John S. Powers, Beaumont, Texas.
Nominated for term expiring in 1999 is Paul D. Brown, layperson and member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., replacing Ed Yount, Conover, N.C., who resigned.
Nominated for second term are Joe W. Atchison, Rogers, Ark.; Milton F. Steck, Vacaville, Calif.; O.G. “Tim” Locher, Hollywood, Fla.; Timothy A. McCoy, Macon, Ga.; Lee Molloy, Paducah, Ky.; Billy Joe Beckett, Columbus, Miss.; Paul K.S. Kim, Cambridge, Mass.; Sara P. Preston, Farmington, N.M.; R. Alan Day, Edmond, Okla.; Charles W. Clary, Arlington, Texas; Robert “Bob” Pearle, Fort Worth, Texas.
NORTH AMERICAN MISSION BOARD (70 members): 16 nominations considered; 16 new members.
Nominees with term to expire in 2002, replacing members ineligible for re-election, include Barry C. Holcomb, pastor of Bluff Springs Baptist Church, Ashford, Ala., replacing H. Kenneth Cheek, Northport, Ala.; Pat Northrop, layperson and member of First Baptist Church, Opp, Ala., replacing Robert C. “Bob” Himber, Killen, Ala.; Johnny L. McCoy, pastor of First Baptist Church, North Pole, Alaska, replacing David M. Sterley, Juneau, Alaska; Carel G. Norman, director of missions and member of First Baptist Church, Heber Springs, Ark., replacing Ozzie Berryhill, North Little Rock, Ark.; Ken Alford, senior pastor of Bell Shoals Baptist Church, Brandon, Fla., replacing Harold C. Epperson, Kissimmee, Fla.; James D. Hill, pastor of First Baptist Church, Blanchard, La., replacing Shirley E. Russell, Start, La.; Wayne R. Kempson, pastor of First Baptist Church, Waldorf, Md., replacing Keith D. Corrick, New Market, Md.; Richard A. Powell, pastor of Colonial Heights Baptist Church, Jackson, Miss., replacing R. David Raddin, Yazoo City, Miss.; Joseph I. “Joe” Strahan, interim pastor, member of Woodlawn Baptist Church, Vicksburg, Miss., replacing O. Kendall Moore, Jackson, Miss.; Mark A. Smith, pastor of North Park Baptist Church, Bridgeport, Conn., replacing Jay S. Smith, Ogunquit, Maine; Debora D. Brunson, administrative assistant to the pastor and member of Green Street Baptist Church, High Point, N.C., replacing K. Wayne Pollard, Glen Alpine, N.C.; Don Reeves, pastor of Grant Avenue Baptist Church, Corvallis, Ore., replacing Alice E. Peters, Tigard, Ore.; John A. Brady, pastor of Woodforest Baptist Church, Houston, replacing Karl K. Dietz, Spring, Texas; Stan Coffey, pastor of San Jacinto Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas, replacing Manuel A. Galindo, Harlingen, Texas; Randy McDonald, pastor of Orchard Hills Baptist Church, Garland, Texas, replacing Bass Redd, Smithville, Texas; Albert Y. Kawamoto, layperson and member of Arlington Park Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas, replacing J. Walter Carpenter, Houston.
SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD (62 members): 19 nominations considered; 10 new members; 9 renominations.
Nominees with term to expire in 2002, replacing members ineligible for re-election, include Phil Neighbors, pastor of Valley Baptist Church, Bakersfield, Calif., replacing Walter Sparks, Perris, Calif.; Tim Marrow, senior pastor of Taylor Ranch Baptist Church, Albuquerque, N.M., replacing Frank T. Zamora, Las Cruces, N.M.; Tom Woodson, senior pastor of Sheridan Road Baptist Church, Tulsa, Okla., replacing W.C. “Nick” Garland, Broken Arrow, Okla.; Kenneth W. Jones, layperson and member of Two Rivers Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn., replacing Robert C. Pitman, Memphis, Tenn.; Randy K. Davis, pastor of Olsen Park Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas, replacing Joshua Grijalva, San Antonio, Texas; Ed J. Ethridge, senior pastor of Woodlake Baptist Church, Carrollton, Texas, replacing James H. Moore, Mansfield, Texas; Dorothy Barker, layperson and member of First Baptist Church, Morton, Texas, replacing Sharon Morris, Houston.
Also nominated for term expiring in 2002 is Bob R. Bumgarner, Florida Baptist Convention and member of Celebration Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla., replacing N.B. Langford, Panama City, Fla., who is deceased.
Nominated for term to expire in 2000 is Wayne Hamrick, pastor of Atco Baptist Church, Cartersville, Ga., replacing Tony R. Dickerson, Columbus, Ga., who resigned.
Nominated for term to expire in 1999 is Tony E. Forehand, associate pastor of Desert Hill Baptist Church, Las Vegas, replacing Danny E. Bell, Incline Village, Nev., who resigned.
Nominated for second term are Clifford L. Palmer, Centerton, Ark.; Fred Luter Jr., New Orleans; Gus Q. Merritt, Decatur, Miss.; Ben Smith, Norwood, Ohio; Lonnie J. Clayton, Delran, N.J.; Ronald K. Edwards, Greer, S.C.; D.L. Lowrie, Lubbock, Texas; Randall J. Myers, White Bird, Idaho; Bruce Robinson, Knoxville, Tenn.