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Hunt names 18-member GCR Task Force

by Garrett E. Wishall and Michael Foust on June 24th, 2009

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Johnny Hunt, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., named Wednesday morning an 18-member Great Commission Resurgence task force.

The messengers of the task force approved Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr.’s motion calling for the formation of such a task force last night with a 90 percent majority.

The members of the task force include:

– Ronnie Floyd (chairperson), pastor, FBC Springdale, Ark.
– Jim Richards, executive director, Southern Baptists of Texas Convention
– Frank Page, pastor, FBC, Taylors, S.C.
– David Dockery, president, Union University
– Simon Tsoi, first vice chairman, International Mission Board
– Donna Gaines, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tenn.
– Al Gilbert, pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C.
– J.D. Greear, pastor, Summit Church, Durham, N.C.
– Tom Biles, director of missions, Tampa Bay Association, Executive Committee member
– Danny Akin, president, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
– R. Albert Mohler Jr., president, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
– John Drummond, St. Andrews Baptist Church, Panama City, Fla.
– Harry Lewis, North American Mission Board
– Mike Orr, pastor, FBC, Chipley, Fla.
– Roger Spradlin, pastor, Valley Baptist Church, Bakersfield, Calif., Executive Committee member
– Robert White, executive director, Georgia Baptist Convention
– Ken Whitten, pastor, Idlewild Baptist Church, Tampa, Fla.
– Ted Traylor, Olive Baptist Church, Pensacola, Fla.

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