Bart Barber

“Marshall Blalock, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Charleston, S.C., will serve as ARITF chair and Mike Keahbone, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lawton, Okla., will be vice chair. Others making up the task force are…” - C.Leaders

“Barber is the first SBC president in nearly two decades not to emerge from an urban or suburban megachurch.” - RNS

“At a press conference held Wednesday, Barber gave opening remarks in which he addressed the issue of holding sexual predators within Southern Baptist congregations accountable.” - C.Post

“Election results reported Tuesday night showed Barber received 3,401 votes (60.87 percent) in a runoff against Florida pastor Tom Ascol who received 2,172 votes (38.88 percent).” - C.Index