SBC President

“Messengers to the SBC Annual Meeting elected Rice on the first ballot, giving him 5,217 votes, or 57.56% of the total cast.” - CPost

Also…Willy Rice, Florida pastor and abuse crisis skeptic, elected SBC president - RNS

“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