New Southern Baptist Convention President
Posted on June 12, 2008
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Johnny Hunt, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia, has been elected the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention. …
It’s clear that Hunt is no fan of the growing Calvinist movement within the Southern Baptist Convention. He’s hosting a major conference to refute Calvinism at his church in November. … Things may have gone quite differently had Al Mohler, the Calvinist president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, stayed in the race (he suffered health complications).
– Report by Ted Olsen in the Christianity Today Liveblog.
See also this story from Baptist Press. (Photo: Baptist Press.)
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