SBC President

“Two candidates have announced their willingness to be nominated for the office of president of the Southern Baptist Convention– Florida pastor Willy Rice and South Carolina pastor Josh Powell.” - Baptist Press

“At the SBC Annual Meeting earlier this year, Rice introduced a motion to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, explaining that he ‘defended the ERLC for years, but I can’t do that anymore.’” - CPost

“Clint Pressley does not have a national following or a big social media presence. As SBC president, his goal is to tone down the acrimony.” - RNS

“North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley was elected SBC president Wednesday (June 12) in an election that began with six candidates and required two run-off ballots.” - Baptist Press

“other individuals expected to be nominated for SBC president include: Clint Pressley, the lead pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina; Mike Keahbone, the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lawton, Oklahoma; and Jared Moore, pastor of Cumberland Homesteads Baptist Church in Crossville, Tennessee.” - CPost

The four candidates “addressed issues such as sexual abuse reforms… a constitutional amendment calling for only males to serve as pastors of any kind, what is ‘friendly cooperation’ in the SBC and transparency among entities.” - Baptist Press

“Mike Stone is promising to stand up against what he describes as a ‘cancel culture’ within the Southern Baptist Convention if he’s elected SBC president…. Bart Barber says he wants to finish tasks he began after being elected to the post a year ago.” - C.Index

“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

“In what is being called an ‘unprecedented gathering,’ the three announced candidates for Southern Baptist Convention president spent just under two hours answering questions and interacting with one another in a candidate forum Wednesday (May 4).” - BPNews