MBC Officer Nominees Announced

October 5th, 2007 | Posted in » Baptist Issues, In the News...

Looks like its time for MBC political life to gear up again (after all, the state convention is coming up soon). How so, you ask?

Well… I received an e-mail today, with recommendations for officers from “Save Our Convention”.

The text follows:

CONCERNED BAPTIST LEADERS RECOMMEND
MISSOURI BAPTIST CONVENTION OFFICERS

* * * For Immediate Release * * *

Many Pastors, staff members, Directors of Missions, laypeople, and the Save Our Convention group, have expressed concern for the future of our beloved Missouri Baptist Convention. Wanting our churches to focus on missions and evangelism, and to emphasize funding these efforts through the Cooperative Program, we ask you to prayerfully consider electing the following slate of officers at our annual meeting at Tan-Tar-A, October 29-31, 2007.

President: Gerald Davidson, Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church Arnold.
     (Nominated by his Pastor, Kenny Qualls)

First V. P.: Bruce McCoy, Pastor, Canaan Baptist Church.
     (Nominated by Bob Curtis, Pastor, Ballwin Baptist Church)

Second V.P.: John Marshall, Pastor, Second Baptist Springfield.
     (Nominated by Hosea Bilyeu, Pastor, Ridgecrest Baptist Springfield

Recording Secretary: Chad Pendergraft, Split Log Baptist, Goodman
     (Nominated by Bob Caldwell, First Baptist Arnold)

Unless I’ve missed it (I don’t subscribe to either our current or former state newspaper, and don’t recall seeing anything on the MoBaptist list), these are the first nominees to be announced.

I do hope that Missouri Baptists will not allow their feelings about “Save Our Convention” (or any other organization) to influence their prayerful consideration of any candidate. If we’re not choosing individuals for convention service based on their real qualifications in consideration of God’s direction, but instead simply basing our votes upon how we feel about them as a result of what others have to say about them, we’ve got problems.