Alabama
• President: Fred Lackey, pastor, FBC, Athens, AL
• CP percentages: 57.7% state/42.3% SBC
• Resolutions: For the biblical model of the family and against the National Education Association's pro-homosexual stance; against tobacco use and gambling
• Noteworthy: Returned financial management to University of Mobile trustees; voted to fund Samford despite changing charter to self-perpetuating trustees
Alaska
• President: Tim Clark, pastor, FBC, Palmer, AK
• CP percentages: 67%/33%
• Noteworthy: Elected Cloyd R. Sullins new executive director
Arizona
• President: David Butler, layman, Sabino Road BC, Tucson, AZ
• CP percentages: 82%/ 18%
• Resolutions: affirming SBC's resolution on racial reconciliation; restating SBC resolution on religious liberty and world evangelization
• Noteworthy: Elected Steve Bass new executive director
Arkansas
• President: Rex Horne,
pastor, Immanuel BC, Little Rock, AR
• CP percentages: 58.23%/ 41.77%
• Resolutions: opposing pornography, alcohol and other drugs, gambling; affirming SBC
resolution of racial reconciliation
California
• President: Harry Lewis, pastor, Immanuel BC, Ridgecrest, CA
• CP percentages: 71%/29%
• Resolutions: condemning abortion; opposing women pastors; affirming SBC resolution on racial reconciliation; asking SBC to protect the state's representation on SBC boards and agencies
Colorado
• President: Davis C. Cooper, pastor, University Hill BC, Denver, CO
• CP percentages: 71.5%/ 28.5%
• Resolution: on racial reconciliation
Dakota Fellowship
• President: Phillip Fike, pastor, Westside BC, Rapid City, SD
• CP percentages: 84%/ 16%
District of Columbia
• President: Mattie Robinson, layperson, Shiloh BC, DC
• CP percentages: 71%/29%
Florida
• President: Ted Traylor, pastor, Olive BC, Pensacola, FL
• CP percentages: 59%/41%
• Resolutions: opposing casino gambling
• Noteworthy: Voiced concern over Disney decisions that erode family values; severed 112-year tie with Stetson
Georgia
• President: John O. Yarbrough, pastor, FBC, Perry, GA
• CP percentages: 50%/50% (after 10% to "shared responsibilities" )
• Resolutions: supporting state law making it hard for minors to buy lottery tickets; urging action to prohibit billboard advertising for adult entertainment
Hawaii
• President: Paul Kaneshiro, pastor, Pukalani BC, Maui, HI
• CP percentages: To be determined
• Resolutions: opposing legalized gambling; affirming heterosexual marriages as biblical man-date and the biblical prohibition against taking innocent human life
Illinois
• President: Roger Ellsworth, pastor, Immanuel BC, Benton, IL
• CP percentages: 59.25%/ 40.75%
Indiana
• President: Steve Marcum, pastor, Graceland BC, New Albany, IN
• CP percentages: 67.75%/ 32.25%
• Resolutions: opposing legalized gambling; appealing to elected officials to refuse Medicaid funding for abortion
Iowa
• President: Ed Gregory, pastor, Immanuel BC, Cedar Rapids, IA
• CP percentages: 78%/ 22%
• Noteworthy: Officially organized the Baptist Convention of Iowa
Kansas-Nebraska
• President: Neal Alford, pastor, FBC, Douglass, KS
• CP percentages: 70%/30%
Kentucky
• President: Bill Techenor, pastor, FBC, Princeton, KY
• CP percentages: 63%/37%
• Resolutions: supporting WMU, the Cooperative Program and Western Recorder Editor Marv Knox (now in Texas); opposing casino gambling; noting the roots of Arminianism and Calvinism in Baptist heritage
Louisiana
• President: Michael Claunch, pastor, FBC, Slidell, LA
• CP percentages: 65%/35%
• Resolutions: denouncing domestic violence; opposing legalized gambling and abortion; applauding legislators who vote in line with Louisiana Baptists
• Noteworthy: Election of conservative president who has campaigned for change at the state convention's only Baptist college
Maryland-Delaware
• President: Dallas Bumgarner, pastor, Elvaton BC, Glen Burnie, MD
• CP percentages: 59%/41%
• Resolutions: opposing legalized gambling, homosexuality; supporting the sanctity of human life
Michigan
• President: Bob Galey, pastor, Oakland Woods BC, Clarkston, MI
• CP percentages: 68%/32%
• Resolutions: affirming SBC resolution on racial reconciliation
Minnesota-Wisconsin
• President: Glen Land, pastor, Valley BC, Appleton, WI
• CP percentages: 74%/26%
• Resolution: on racial reconciliation
Mississippi
• President: Jimmy Porter, pastor, FBC, McComb, MS
• CP percentages: 63%/37%
• Resolutions: opposing late-term abortions, gambling, nude and topless dancing establishments, loosening of divorce laws; supporting better preparation for marriage through counseling and respect for Sunday as a day of worship
Missouri
• President: Doyle Sager, pastor, FBC, Sedalia, MO
• CP percentages: 58.25%/ 37.75%
Montana Fellowship
• President: James Shaver, pastor, FSBC, Great Falls, MT
• CP percentages: 78%/22%
Nevada
• President: Keith Minty, layman, Nellis BC, Las Vegas, NV
• CP percentages: 73.75%/ 26.25%
New England
• President: Richard Wright, pastor, Faith BC, Warwick, RI
• CP percentages: 79%/21%
New Mexico
• President: Tom Martin, pastor, FBC, Hobbs, NM
• CP percentages: 69.5%/ 30.5%
New York
• President: Sam Simpson, pastor, Wake Eden BC, Bronx, NY
• CP percentages: 73.25%/ 26.75%
North Carolina
• President: Gregory T. Mathis, pastor, Creek BC, Hendersonville, NC
• CP percentages: 68%/32% (1 of 3 plans, all 3 allot 68% to state, but vary in % to SBC and CBF)
• Noteworthy: Election of conservative president
Northwest
• President: Terry Little, pastor, Pines BC, Spokane, WA
• CP percentages: 69%/31%
Ohio
• President: John Hays, pastor, Jersey BC, Pataskala, OH
• CP percentages: 60%/40%
Oklahoma
• President: Charles Graves, pastor, Quail Springs BC, Oklahoma City. OK
• CP percentages: 60%/40%
• Resolutions: commending all agencies responding to the Oklahoma City bombing; opposing casino gambling
Pennsylvania-South Jersey
• President: George Sanders, pastor, FSBC, Altoona, PA
• CP percentages: 77%/23%
• Resolutions: opposed gambling and the taking of human life
South Carolina
• President: James "Skip" Owens, pastor, Pinecrest BC, Charleston, SC
• CP percentages: 60%/40%
• Resolutions: opposing gambling and the National Education Association's stand on homosexuality; supporting the saving of marriages
Tennessee
• President: Ken Hubbard, pastor, FBC, Smyrna, TN
• CP percentages: 62.5%/ 37.5%
• Resolution: affirming the WMU
Texas
• President: Charles Wade, pastor, FBC, Arlington, TX
• CP percentages: 67%/33%
• Resolutions: affirming First Amendment guarantees of religious liberty; opposing gambling; and expressing concern about racism, substance abuse and dysfunctional families
Utah-Idaho
• President: Dan Walker, pastor, University BC, Boise, ID
• CP percentages: 79%/21%
Virginia
• President: Clint Hopkins, pastor, Churchland BC,
Chesapeake, VA
• CP percentages: 64%/36%
• Resolutions: opposing a religious equality amendment to US Constitution and tuition tax credits; affirming WMU
West Virginia
• President: David Jicka, pastor, Highland BC, Huntington, WV
• CP percentages: 70.5%/ 29.5% (1997 – 65/35)
• Resolution: opposing legalized gambling
Wyoming
• President: Wayne Spencer, pastor, College Heights BC, Casper, WY
• CP percentages: 71.5%/ 28.5%
