Who are the declared nominees for SBC president?
Clint Pressley
Clint Pressley, the lead pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, became the first announced nominee in January.
Pastor Chris Justice of Lee Park Baptist Church in Monroe, North Carolina, announced on Jan. 21 that he would nominate Pressley, according to the Biblical Recorder.
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“Clint Pressley loves the Southern Baptist Convention and the mission that holds us together,” Justice stated. “I know him to be a man of conviction who is joyfully orthodox, devoted to the Great Commission, and committed to our cooperation as Southern Baptists.”
Justice noted that Pressley “has led his church to plant and revitalize other churches, send missionaries, and sacrificially given to the Cooperative Program and Great Commission causes.”
Pressley has a Bachelor of Arts from Wofford College in South Carolina, a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Doctor of Ministry from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Pressley served as vice president of the SBC's Pastors' Conference in 2013, then first vice president of the SBC in 2014-2015, and has been a trustee of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015, as well as a member of the North Carolina Baptist Board of Directors since last year.
