 Christian Web News - In one of Wednesday morning’s sessions at the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, SBC president, Johnny Hunt, appointed eighteen people to the “Great Commission Resurgence Task Force” as requested by the messengers to the SBC.
A motion was presented the previous day by R. Albert Mohler Jr., asking the president to form said task force. “We are looking at an unprecedented set of opportunities before us, especially when it comes to reaching the world for the Lord Jesus Christ. We sense from our churches an incredible desire to be even more active in the task of getting the Gospel to the ends of the earth,” said Mohler, “It’s the task of this generation to be responsive both to the opportunities that are before us and to the conviction and commitment of our churches. We need to set that passion loose and in this generation, Southern Baptists will either move greatly ahead or we will fall more tragically behind.” The motion was adopted by an overwhelming majority. As promised, President Hunt named those he was appointing to the task force on the following day saying, “I trust you will be encouraged by the balance that will be representing Southern Baptists in their assignment” Appointed to the committee were: Ronnie Floyd, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Springdale Arkansas
Jim Richards, Executive Director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention
Frank Page, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina
David Dockery, President of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee
Simon Tsoi, Trustee of the International Mission Board and retired pastor
Donna Gaines, Pastor’s Wife at Bellevue Baptist Church near Memphis, Tennessee
Al Gilbert, Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, South Carolina
J.D. Greer, Lead Pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Tom Biles, Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Baptist Association
Daniel L. Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
R. Albert Mohler Jr., President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
John Drummond, a layman at St. Andrew Baptist Church in Panama City, Florida
Harry Lewis, Senior Strategist for partnership missions and mobilization at the North American Mission Board
Michael Orr, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Chipley, Florida
Roger Spradlin, Pastor of Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield, California
J. Robert White, Executive Director of the Georgia Baptist Convention
Ken Whitten, Pastor of the Tampa-area Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida
Ted Traylor, Pastor of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida
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