Ben Mandrell, senior pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, Tenn., will be nominated for treasurer of the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference during its June 21-22 meeting in Louisville, Ky. Full coverage of SBC coming from Christian Web News with articles and video from the conference.
Steve Gaines, senior pastor of the Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn. will nominate Mandrell during the conference.
"I have known Ben for several years. He is a wonderful preacher and also a great pastor," Gaines told BP. "He has preached for us at Bellevue on several occasions and our people love him. Ben is one of our finest young pastors in the SBC and he will serve us well in this important leadership position.
"The average weekly Sunday School attendance at Englewood is 1,650 and the average weekly worship attendance is 2,222. They have two Sunday School hours and three worship services. Their yearly budget is $4.1 million," Gaines added. "The attendance for their Easter service this year at the Oman Arena was approximately 4,700."
Mandrell was senior pastor of the Jackson congregation in April 2007 after serving as its director of the church's college ministry and as a campus minister at Union University in Jackson. He also was previously on staff with Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., as well as K-Life Ministries of Orlando, Fla., and Sterling Christian School in Sterling, Ill.
Mandrell was graduate of Anderson (Ind.) University, and holds a master of divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He and his wife Lynley have four children: Ava Elizabeth, Max Anderson, Miles Andrew and Jackson David.
Christian Web News - Jesus has a way of getting right to the point, doesn't He? There was certainly no mincing of words, He came right out and said, "why are you fearful?" and then went on to say, "O you of little faith." You don't have to read between the lines to see what He was saying, they had little faith.
Christian Web News - Galatians 3:13-14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Ben Mandrell, senior pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, Tenn., will be nominated for treasurer of the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference during its June 21-22 meeting in Louisville, Ky. Full coverage of SBC coming from Christian Web News with articles and video from the conference.
