[1]SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Frank Page. Page, pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church of Taylors, S.C., 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 San Antonio just prior to the SBC annual meeting, June 12-13, 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.
John C. Bryan, pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta, has been designated to serve as committee chairman.
Committee members, in order of state, are:
ALABAMA — Mike McLemore, Lakeside Baptist Church, Birmingham; Ron Madison, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Huntsville.
[2]ALASKA — Scott Williamson, Glacier Valley Baptist Church, Juneau; Gary Cox, University Baptist Church, Fairbanks.
ARIZONA — Dan Coker, Love Baptist Church, Glendale; James Harris, First Southern Baptist Church, Sierra Vista.
ARKANSAS — Rick Grant, First Baptist Church, Benton; Don Phillips, Calvary Baptist Church, Camden.
CALIFORNIA — Danny Sotelo, Inglesia Bautista Central, Clovis; Bill Grant, El Camino Baptist Church, Sacramento.
COLORADO — Mike McCarthy, High Country Baptist Church, Frisco; Kenny Long, Bookcliff Baptist Church, Grand Junction.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — Pamela Redmond, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Temple Hills, Md.; Mike Rogers, First Baptist Church, Upper Marlboro, Md.
FLORIDA — Tim Passmore, Woodland Baptist Church, Bradenton; Forrest Pollock, Bell Shoals Baptist Church, Brandon.
GEORGIA — Steve Hartman, Kiokee Baptist Church, Appling; John Bryan, chairman, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Atlanta.
HAWAII — George Iwahiro, Nuuanu Baptist Church, Honolulu; Duane McDaniel, Hawaii Kai Church, Honolulu.
ILLINOIS — Michael Randle, Mission of Faith Baptist Church, Chicago; Roger Marshall, First Baptist Church, Effingham.
INDIANA — Ray Deeter, Grace Baptist Church, Evansville; Donald Moore, First Southern Baptist Church, Evansville.
KANSAS-NEBRASKA — Jeff Cokely, Fellowship Regional Church, Iola, Kan.; Mark Elliott, West Bellevue Baptist Church, Bellevue, Neb.
KENTUCKY — Todd Linn, First Baptist Church, Henderson; Dan Summerlin, Lone Oak First Baptist Church, Paducah.
LOUISIANA — Lloyd Whitman, First Baptist Church, Dry Prong; David Crosby, First Baptist Church, New Orleans.
MARYLAND-DELAWARE — Jason Lang, South End Baptist Church, Frederick, Md.; David Griesemer, Landover Hills Baptist Church, Landover, Md.
MICHIGAN — Bert Spann, Fellowship Baptist Church, Saline; Jerry Williams, First Baptist Church, South Lyon.
MISSISSIPPI — Dean Register, Cross Point Community Church, Hattiesburg; Stan Buckley, First Baptist Church, Jackson.
MISSOURI — Dave Sheppard, First Baptist Church, St. Charles; Jeff Anderson, Calvary Baptist Church, Hannibal.
NEVADA — Theodore Kern, Crescent Valley Baptist Church, Battle Mountain; David Simpson, Green Valley Baptist Church, Henderson.
NEW ENGLAND — Jim Nelson, Middletown Baptist Church, Middletown, R.I.; Bob Butler, Macedonia Baptist Church, Plainfield, Vt.
NEW MEXICO — Carroll Vaughn, First Baptist Church, Bloomfield; David Brittain, Celebration Baptist Church, Rio Rancho.
NEW YORK — Jim Arrant, Trinity Baptist Church, Niskayuna; Steve Snow, Maryland Baptist Church, Maryland.
NORTH CAROLINA — David Nelson, Providence Baptist Church, Raleigh; Wayne Poplin, Carmel Baptist Church, Matthews.
NORTHWEST — Patricia Tiller, New Hope Baptist Church, Creswell, Ore.; William Crews Jr., Northside Baptist Church, Vancouver, Wash.
OHIO — Faye Rodgers, Northside Baptist Church, Springfield; Kevin Thomas, House of Prayer Worship Center, Columbus.
OKLAHOMA — Bob Copeland, First Baptist Church, Pawnee; Blake Gideon, First Baptist Church, Idabel.
PENNSYLVANIA-SOUTH JERSEY — Dean Doster, Rancocas Valley Baptist Church, Westampton, N.J.; John Cope, Keystone Community Church Fellowship, Montgomeryville, Pa.
SOUTH CAROLINA — D.J. Horton, Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church, Moore; Gary Redding, First Baptist Church, North Augusta.
TENNESSEE — Danny Sinquefield, Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett; Mike Spradlin, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis.
TEXAS — Bert Barber, First Baptist Church, Farmersville; Gary Dyer, First Baptist Church, Midland.
UTAH-IDAHO — Steve Winters, Falls Southern Baptist Church, Idaho Falls, Idaho.; Michael Rynor, Salmon Valley Baptist Church, Salmon, Idaho.
VIRGINIA — Jerry Grubb, First Baptist Church, Roanoke; Michael Cox, West Lynchburg Baptist Church, Forest, Va.
WEST VIRGINIA — Seth Polk, Cross Lanes Baptist Church, Cross Lanes; Kenneth Stidham, Good Shepherd Baptist Church, Scott Depot.
WYOMING — Lynn Nikkel, Paradise Valley Baptist Church, Casper; Quin Williams, Boyd Avenue Baptist Church, Casper.
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