Mississippi Baptist Convention BoardJim Futral, Executive Director-TreasurerPO Box 530 | Jackson MS 39205-0530

601.968.3800

184th MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST CONVENTIONOctober 29-30, 2019 | First Baptist Church, Jackson

2020 VISION

Taking the Gospel from House to House“You know that I have not hesitated to preach...from house to house.”

ACTS 20:20

Notes

MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST CONVENTION OFFICERS

REV. MARK VINCENTClarke-Venable Baptist Church, Decatur

President

REV. SCOTT THOMAS, IINorth Oxford Baptist Church, Oxford

First Vice President

DR. TOMMY SNYDERFirst Baptist Church, Batesville

Second Vice President

DR. MICHAEL WEEKSPleasant Hill Baptist Church, Olive Branch

Recording Secretary

REV. JERRY BINGHAMBenton-Tippah Baptist Association, Ripley

Associate Recording Secretary

COMMITTEE ON ORDER OF BUSINESS

DR. JIMMY STEWART, ChairFirst Baptist Church, Gulfport

REV. PAUL DAVISNorthcrest Baptist Church, Meridian

DR. BUDDY KEYESOak Grove Baptist Church, Mendenhall

DR. LARRY LEBLANCFirst Baptist Church, Summit

DR. JERRY SMITHWynndale Baptist Church, Terry

REV. RICKY YOUNGFirst Baptist Church, Tupelo

Notes

TAKING THE GOSPEL FROM HOUSE TO HOUSEActs 20:20

Tuesday Morning | First Session | October 29, 2019

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8:30 Call to Order – Mark Vincent President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Senior Pastor, Clarke-Venable Baptist Church, Decatur

Invocation – Aaron Tucker Associate Pastor of Students and Missions, Wynndale Baptist Church, Terry

Welcome – Chip Stevens Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jackson

Organization of the Convention – Mark Vincent Recognition and Seating of Messengers

Committee on Order of Business Report – Jimmy Stewart Chair; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Gulfport

Announcement of Credentials and Tellers Committees – Mark Vincent

Presentations of Resolutions

8:45 Report of Committee on Committees – Don Gann Committee Member; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Oxford

8:50 Convention Board Report – Ken Hester President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Pontotoc

9:00 Business Session: Election of the President – Mark Vincent Presentation from the Constitution & Bylaws Committee – Matt Olson Chair, Pastor, Sharon First Baptist Church, Laurel

9:20 Mississippi Baptist Foundation Report – Daniel C. Hall Executive Director, Mississippi Baptist Foundation

9:30 Christian Action Commission Report – Kenny Digby Executive Director-Treasurer, Christian Action Commission

9:40 Worship through Music – Billy Williams Worship Pastor, Clarke-Venable Baptist Church, Decatur

9:50 Bible Treasures – Richard Blackaby President, Blackaby Ministries International, Atlanta, GA 10:15 Worship through Music – Billy Williams Scripture Reading – Luke 19:1-10 Mike West Pastor, Kennedy Springs Baptist Church, Magee

Testimony – Brad Fitzgerald Lay Member, First Baptist Church, Summit

10:40 Concert of Praise – Combined Baptist Colleges Choir/Orchestra Blue Mountain College – Dr. Greg Long, Director Mississippi College – Dr. Mark Nabholz, Director William Carey University – Dr. Wes Dykes, Dr. Luke Gambill, and Mr. Brian Lindsay, Directors

11:00 President’s Address – Mark Vincent 11:35 Benediction – Dave Dowdy Pastor, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Tupelo

Notes

1:30 Concert of Praise – Mississippi Singing Churchmen Milfred Valentine, Director Minister of Music, Prentiss Baptist Church, Prentiss

1:45 Call to Order – Scott Thomas, II First Vice President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Senior Pastor, North Oxford Baptist Church, Oxford

Invocation – Rick Henson Minister of Music, Bethel Baptist Church, Brandon Scripture Reading – Acts 5:38-43 Scott Hanberry Pastor, Hardy Street Baptist Church, Hattiesburg 2:00 Bible Treasures – Richard Blackaby

2:25 Concert of Praise – Mississippi Singing Churchmen

2:40 Business Session – Mark Vincent Presentation of 2020 Budget – Lloyd Sweatt Chair, Budget Committee; Pastor, Meadowood Baptist Church, Amory

Results of Election of President Election of Convention Officers Presentation of Resolutions Miscellaneous Business

3:05 Congregational Worship – Worship Ministry, First Baptist Church, Brookhaven

3:15 Business Session – Mark Vincent Election of Convention Officers Miscellaneous Business

3:30 Church Planting Celebration – Johnny Ervin Director, Church Planting, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board

3:40 Congregational Praise – Nick Wolfe Associate Pastor of Worship and Media, First Baptist Church, Brookhaven 3:45 Disaster Relief Update – Shane McGivney Director, Men’s Ministry, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board

3:55 Music Feature – Worship Ministry, First Baptist Church, Brookhaven

4:05 Convention Sermon – Greg Warnock Pastor, First Baptist Church, Brookhaven

4:40 Benediction – Jarred Leonard Pastor, Mars Hill Baptist Church, Summit

* Please join us for a come and go reception honoring Dr. Jim Futral from 4:45 p.m.-6:00 p.m. in the Christian Life Center 3rd Level Auditorium. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served.

TAKING THE GOSPEL FROM HOUSE TO HOUSEActs 20:20

Tuesday Afternoon | Second Session | October 29, 2019Featured Speakers

Dr. Richard Blackaby is the president of Blackaby Ministries International and lives in Jonesboro, Georgia. Richard travels internationally speaking on spiritual leadership in the home, church, and marketplace as well as on spiritual awakening, experiencing God, and the Christian life. Richard regularly ministers to Christian CEOs and business leaders. He has written or co-authored 33 books including Experiencing God: Revised Edition; Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God’s Agenda; and Experiencing God: Day by Day. Richard earned a B.A. in history from the University of Saskatchewan. He has an M.Div. and Ph.D. in church history from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Dallas Baptist University. Richard served as a senior pastor at Friendship Baptist Church in Winnipeg, and then as the president of the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Cochrane, Alberta Canada for 13 years. He continues to serve as the seminary’s Chancellor. He has been married to Lisa since 1983 and has three adult children. He is also the proud grandfather to five grandsons and one granddaughter.

Rev. Mark Vincent is the pastor of Clarke-Venable Baptist Church in Decatur where he has served since 2004. He is a native of Agricola. He was saved in 1975 at the age of 12. Mark is a graduate of George County High School, Mississippi State University, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before seminary, Mark owned and operated Vincent’s Ace Hardware and Building Supply Company in Agricola which was a business started by his grandfather. Mark is currently serving as president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention. He and his wife Janine have two daughters, Chelsey, Monica who is married to Jordan Smith, and a son, John Mark.

Rev. Greg Warnock has served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Brookhaven, since June 1997. Greg and his wife, Terri, have two grown sons, Jay and Scott. Scott’s wife is Natalie and this summer she gave birth to their firstborn, Henry Boyd Warnock. Greg is a native of Savannah, Georgia. He served churches in Savannah, Georgia; Brandon and Corinth, Mississippi, before coming to FBC Brookhaven. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. His Master of Divinity degree is from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also completed advanced graduate studies at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Illinois, in the area of Worship Studies under the leadership of the late Dr. Robert E. Webber. Greg’s favorite Bible verse is Galatians 2:20.

Dr. Paul Chitwood was elected president of the International Mission Board in November 2018. He previously had served as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention since 2011. For 18 years, Dr. Chitwood served as the pastor of local churches of varying sizes in Kentucky. During his pastorates, he served as chairman of the IMB’s trustees from 2008-10, part of his tenure as an IMB trustee from 2002-10. His overseas short-term mission involvement includes work in South America, Asia, Europe and Africa. A native of Jellico, Tenn., Chitwood is a 1992 graduate of Cumberland College (now University of the Cumberlands), where he has served as a trustee. He earned a master of divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1995 and a Ph.D. from the seminary in 2001. He currently is pursuing a master’s degree in nonprofit administration from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife, Michelle, have four children.

TAKING THE GOSPEL FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE Acts 20:20

Tuesday Evening | Third Session | October 29, 2019

6:30 Call to Order – Mark Vincent Final Presentation of Resolutions Invocation – Cameron Tate Founder, Bridging the Gap Outreach Ministries, Jackson

Congregational Praise and Worship – Slater Murphy Director, Church Music, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board

Mike Harland Director, LifeWay Worship, LifeWay

Scripture Reading – Acts 20:17-28 Ben Skipper Lead Pastor, Carterville Baptist Church, Petal

Presentations

7:00 Choral Praise – Combined Choirs

7:10 Congregational Praise and Worship – Slater Murphy

7:15 Choral Praise – Combined Choirs

7:30 Message – Jim Futral Executive Director-Treasurer, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board

8:10 Benediction – Lowell Walker Pastor, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Tupelo

*Combined Choirs and Music Worship Leaders

First Baptist Church, Grenada, Andy Cummings Emmanuel Baptist Church, Grenada, J. Barry Worrell First Baptist Church, Winona, Gary Anglin Friendship Baptist Church, Grenada, Ken Griffith North Greenwood Baptist Church, Greenwood, Keith Stevens North Oxford Baptist Church, Oxford, Jason Brooks

TAKING THE GOSPEL FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE Acts 20:20

Wednesday Morning | Fourth Session | October 30, 2019

8:30 Call to Order – Tommy Snyder Second Vice President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Batesville

Invocation – Jerry Lewis Pastor, Springfield Baptist Church, Morton

Scripture Reading – Mark 2:13-17 Nathan Hamilton Pastor, Discovery Church, Pontotoc

Memorial Service – Greg Barker Consultant, Pastor/Leadership Development, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board

8:50 Business Session – Mark Vincent

Adoption of 2020 Budget – Lloyd Sweatt

Committee on Nominations Report – Jeff Myers Chair; Senior Pastor, Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Meridian

Resolutions Committee Report – Tommy Mitchell Chair; Senior Pastor, Agricola Baptist Church, Lucedale

Miscellaneous Business – Mark Vincent

Time, Place, and Preacher Committee Report – Rev. James Lewis Chair; Senior Pastor, DeSoto Hills Baptist Church, Southaven

9:05 Introduction of College Presidents – Mark Vincent

9:10 William Carey University Report – Tommy King President, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

9:20 Recognition of Bivocational Pastor of the Year – John Pace Director, Pastor/Leadership Development, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board 9:35 Congregational Praise – Mike Haight Worship Pastor, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison

9:40 Message – Paul Chitwood President, International Mission Board, Richmond, VA

10:20 Congregational Praise – Mike Haight

10:30 Collegiate Ministry Celebration – Lloyd Lunceford Director, Collegiate Ministry, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board

10:45 Concert of Prayer – Jimmy Stewart Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Gulfport 11:15 Congregational Praise – Mike Haight

11:30 Closing Remarks – Mark Vincent

11:35 Benediction – Jimmy Breland BSU Director 1951-1991, Delta State University, Cleveland