DALLAS — North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley was elected for a second term as Southern Baptist Convention president during the SBC’s annual meeting in Dallas.
Pressley defeated David Morrill, a member of Applewood Baptist Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, who was nominated by Chris Cunningham from Hillcrest Baptist Church in Big Springs, Texas. Out of 6,009 votes cast, Pressley received 5,567 votes (92.64%). Morrill received 408 votes (6.79 % ), and 34 votes (0.57%) were disallowed.
Pressley, senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, was nominated by Michael Criner, senior pastor of First Baptist Church Rockwall, Texas.
“Clint Pressley has earned our trust for another year as our president,” said Criner as he nominated Pressley. “This past year, Clint Pressley has represented Southern Baptists so well.
“(Pressley) has joyfully pointed us to who we are, the very best, of who we are, and the very best of what we do — our confession and our cooperation for the Great Commission,” Criner said.
Other officers elected
First vice president: Daniel Ritchie, an author and evangelist from North Carolina, was elected first vice president. He received 5,409 votes (87.84%), defeating Larry Helms, pastor of Fort Lawn Baptist Church in Fort Lawn, South Carolina, who received 722 votes (11.72%). A total of 27 votes (0.44%) were disallowed out of 6,158 votes.
Second vice president: Craig Carlisle, current Alabama Baptist State Convention president and director of missions for Etowah Baptist Convention, was elected second vice president with 3,765 votes (56.46%) out of 6,668 votes. He defeated Tommy Mann, pastor of Highland Terrace Baptist Church in Greenville, Texas, who received 2,057 votes (30.85%), and Christopher Rhodes, pastor of Dover Baptist Temple in Dover, Ohio, who received 806 votes (12.09%). A total of 40 (0.60%) votes were disallowed.
Other offices: Nathan Finn, executive director of the Institute for Transformational Leadership and professor for North Greenville University, was reelected recording secretary, and Don Currence, administrative pastor of First Baptist Church Ozark, Missouri, was reelected registration secretary, both unopposed. B&R