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Do not fill this in! ==Presidents, preachers, theologians, authors and missionaries== ===Deceased=== [[File:Richard Furman 1755 - 1825.jpg|thumb|[[Richard Furman]] (1755β1825)]] [[Image:AnnieWalkerArmstrong.jpg|thumb|[[Annie Walker Armstrong]], c. 1875]] [[File:Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpg|thumb|[[Billy Graham (evangelist)|Billy Graham]] - preacher and educator]] * [[Annie Armstrong]] (1850β1938) - instrumental in founding the Woman's Missionary Union * [[George Washington Baines]] (1809β1882) - President of Baylor University * [[Sion Blythe]] (1781β1835) - Pastor, church founder and revivalist * [[James Petigru Boyce]] (1827β1888) - Pastor, theologian, author, and seminary professor, founding President of the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] * [[John Albert Broadus]] (1827β1895) - Pastor and professor and President at the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] * [[John G. Burkhalter]] - Highly decorated U.S. Army Chaplain who served in World War II and the Korean War. * LaVerne Butler (1926β2010) - Pastor, college president * [[Benajah Harvey Carroll]] (1843β1914) - Pastor, theologian, teacher, and author * [[Grady C. Cothen]] (1920β2017) - State Convention Executive Secretary-Director for the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (1961β66), pastor, president of [[New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary]], president of [[Oklahoma Baptist University]], and author. * [[W. A. Criswell]] (1909β2002) - Pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, author, [[Southern Baptist Convention]] President (1968β1970) * [[Chuck Colson]] (1931β2012) - Founder of [[Prison Fellowship]] and author <!-- * [[Monroe E. Dodd]] (1878β1952) - Pastor and pioneer radio preacher --> * [[Jerry Falwell]] (1933β2007) - Pastor, televangelist, Liberty University founder * [[Richard Fuller (minister)|Richard Fuller]] (1804β1876) - Served as President of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 1859β1863 * [[Richard Furman]] (1755β1825) - First president of the [[Triennial Convention]], President of the [[South Carolina State Baptist Convention]] * [[Billy Graham (evangelist)|Billy Graham]] (1918β2018) - Evangelist, pastor, educator, and founder of the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]]. Billy Graham preached over forty crusades. In addition, Graham established the [[Hour of Decision]] radio program, Decision Magazine, [[Christianity Today]], and [[World Wide Pictures]] * [[J. D. Grey]] (1906β1985) - Pastor of First Baptist Church of New Orleans, Louisiana (1937β1972) and SBC President (1952β1954) * [[Mordecai Ham]] (1877β1961) - Radio and traveling evangelist * [[Brooks Hays]] - [[Southern Baptist Convention]] President from 1958 to 1959 * [[Herschel Hobbs]] - President from 1961-1963 * [[Hosea Holcombe]] (1780β1841) - Historian and President of the Alabama Baptist State Convention from 1833 to 1838 * [[Alma Hunt (Baptist leader)|Alma Hunt]] - Executive secretary of the [[Woman's Missionary Union]] * [[H. Dale Jackson]] (1930β2003) - Pastor and ethicist * [[William Bullein Johnson]] (1782β1862) - First president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1845 to 1851 * [[B.R. Lakin]] (1901β1984) - Preacher and evangelist *[[Homer G. Lindsay Jr.|Homer G Lindsey]] (1927β2000) - Preacher at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL <!-- *[[Robert B. Crawford Howell|Robert Byote Crawford Howell]] (1801β1868) - Second president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1851 to 1858 --> * [[Thomas Meredith]] (1795β1850) - Founder and editor of the Biblical Recorder newspaper * [[Duke Kimbrough McCall|Duke K. McCall]] (1914β2013) - Former President of [[New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary]], [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]], the [[Baptist World Alliance]], and served as General Secretary of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. * [[Lottie Moon]] (1840β1912) - Missionary to China with the Foreign Mission Board (the SBC's annual Christmas offering for international missions is named for her) * [[Edgar Young Mullins]] (1860β1928) - Minister and educator, fourth president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary * [[Louie De Votie Newton]] (1892β1986) - President of the Southern Baptist Convention (1947β1948), President of the [[Georgia Baptist Convention]], preacher, author, and Vice President of the [[Baptist World Alliance]] * [[J. Frank Norris]] (1877β1952) - Preacher, left the SBC for the Independent Baptist movement, one of the most controversial figures in the history of fundamentalism * [[Cicero Washington Pruitt]] (1857β1946) - One of the first missionaries to Northern China, ordained minister at the age of fourteen, and textual translator * [[James A. Ranaldson]] (1789β1849) - Minister, founder of the [[Alabama Baptist Convention]], missionary, and church founder. * [[Bronson Ray]] (1868β1934) - Southern Baptist minister who would then become the Executive Secretary of the present day [[International Mission Board]] * [[Archibald Thomas Robertson]] (1863β1934) - Biblical scholar * [[Adrian Rogers]] (1931β2005) - Pastor, conservative, author, and [[Southern Baptist Convention]] President 1979β1980 and 1986β1988 * [[Lee Rutland Scarborough]] (1870β1945) - President of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (1938β1940), President of the [[Baptist General Convention of Texas]] (1929β1932), and as the President of the [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] (1908β1942) * [[J. Harold Smith]] (1910β2001) - Pastor and founder of Radio Bible Hour * [[Frank Stagg (theologian)|Frank Stagg]] (1911β2001) - Southern Baptist pastor, theologian, author and professor. Stagg served as a professor at both [[New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary]] (1945β1964) and at [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] (1964β1978) * [[Charles Stanley (pastor)|Charles F. Stanley]] - Pastor Emeritus [[First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia|First Baptist Church]] of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and founder of [[In Touch Ministries]]. President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1984 to 1986. * [[John Roach Straton]] (1875β1929) - Pastor *[[William G. Tanner]] (1930β2007) - Served as president of [[Oklahoma Baptist University]] from 1966 to 1970, president of the [[North American Mission Board]], as a pastor, educator, administrator, and denominational leader [[George Washington Truett]] (1867β1944) - Served as the President of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 1927 to 1929, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, President of the [[Baptist World Alliance]], as a minister and writer ===Living=== [[File:President George W. Bush meets with the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention in the Oval Office, Oct. 11, 2006.jpg|thumb|President [[George W. Bush]] meets with the leadership of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] in the [[Oval Office]] at the [[White House]]. Pictured with the President are Dr. [[Morris Chapman]], left, Dr. [[Frank Page (Southern Baptist)|Frank Page]] and his wife Dayle Page.]] * [[Daniel L. Akin]] - President of [[Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary]] (2004- ), and author. * [[Charles C. Baldwin]], Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force 2004β2008 * [[Mac Brunson]] - Pastor of Valleydale Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, Historian and Author. *[[Wade Burleson]] - Author, historian, and Lead Pastor at [http://www.emmanuelenid.org Emmanuel Enid, Oklahoma] * [[Ergun Caner]] - Preacher, Apologist, Author. Former President of [[Brewton-Parker College]] in [[Mount Vernon, Georgia]]. He previously served as the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at [[Arlington Baptist College]] and was the former dean of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary and Graduate School of [[Liberty University]] * [[Douglas Carver]] - [[Major General]] who previously served as the [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army]] * [[Morris Chapman]] - [[Southern Baptist Convention]] President 1990β1992, Former President and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee * [[Dondi E. Costin]] - Chief of Chaplains, [[U. S. Air Force]] * [[Ted Cruz]] - Texas Senator, and 2016 presidential candidate * [[Mark Dever]] - Senior pastor of the [[Capitol Hill Baptist Church]] in Washington, D.C. * [[James T. Draper, Jr.]] - [[Southern Baptist Convention]] president from 1982β1984 * [[Ronnie Floyd]] - former Senior Pastor of [[First Baptist Church of Springdale|Cross Church]] and The Church At Pinnacle Hills, and is an author * [[Steve Gaines (pastor)|Steve Gaines]] - Pastor of [[Bellevue Baptist Church]], a mega church in Memphis, Tennessee * [[Timothy George]] - Southern Baptist minister, acting dean of [[Beeson Divinity School]] at [[Samford University]], executive director of [[Christianity Today]], and served on the board of directors for [[Lifeway Christian Resources]] of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] * [[Franklin Graham]] - Evangelist and missionary (son of [[Billy Graham]]) * [[Jack Graham (pastor)|Jack Graham]] - President of the SBC from 2002β2004; current pastor of the 43,000+ person mega-church [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]] in [[Plano, Texas|Plano]], Texas * [[J. D. Greear]] - President of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 2018-2021, Senior Pastor of [[The Summit Church]] * [[Corey J. Hodges]] - African-American preacher and columnist for Salt Lake Tribune * [[Johnny Hunt]] - President of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 2008β2010, is a pastor and author * [[Robert Jeffress]] - Pastor of [[First Baptist Church (Dallas)]], a mega church in Dallas, TX * [[David Jeremiah]] - Pastor of [[Shadow Mountain Community Church]], a mega church in El Cajon, California * [[Richard Land]] - President of the [[Southern Evangelical Seminary]] in Charlotte, NC; Former President of [[The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission]] of the SBC * [[Phillip Lee, Jr.]] - Deputy Chief of Chaplains for Reserve Matters of the [[United States Navy]] * [[Fred L. Lowery]] - Pastor of First Baptist Church of [[Bossier City, Louisiana]], 1983β2013, televangelist and author * [[Fred Luter]] - [[Southern Baptist Convention]] President 2012β2014 * [[Dwight McKissic]] - pastor, leader of Bapticostal movement * [[James Merritt]] - President of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 2000β2002 * [[R. Albert Mohler, Jr.]] - President of The [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] * [[Russell D. Moore]] - President of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission <!-- * [[W. Winfred Moore]] - pastor, First Baptist Church of [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], [[Texas]] (1959β1989). --> <!-- * [[Phil Neighbors]] - co-senior pastor of Valley Baptist Church in [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]], [[California]] --> * [[Frank Page (Southern Baptist)|Frank Page]], Former President and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee * [[Paige Patterson]] - Eighth president of the [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in Fort Worth, Texas * [[David Platt (pastor)|David Platt]] - Former President of the [[International Mission Board]], former Senior Pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in [[Birmingham, AL]], current Lead Pastor of McLean Bible Church, and author of the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|New York Times Best Seller]], [[Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream]] * [[Paul Pressler (Texas politician)|Paul Pressler]] - retired Texas judge and a leader with Paige Patterson of the [[Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence|Southern Baptist Convention Conservative resurgence]], beginning with the convention in Houston in 1979 * [[Thom S. Rainer]] - former President and Ceo [[LifeWay Christian Resources]] in Nashville, Tennessee <!-- * [[Roger Spradlin]] - co-senior pastor of Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield, California --> * [[Jeff Struecker]] - Pastor, author and former U.S. Army Ranger Chaplain * [[Bob Utley]]- Biblical scholar, author, and preparer for the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] Sunday School Lesson Series. * [[Jerry Vines]] - President of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 1988 to 1990 and as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida * [[Rick Warren]] - former pastor of the 20,000+ member [[Saddleback Church]] in California and author of ''[[The Purpose-Driven Life]]'' * [[David W. Whitlock]] - 15th President of Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK * Brad Whitt- pastor of Abilene Baptist Church in Augusta Georgia, founded in 1774 * [[Bryant Wright]] - [[Southern Baptist Convention]] President 2010β2012 * [[Homer Edwin Young]] - President of the Southern Baptist Convention (1992β1994), serves as Head Pastor of [[Second Baptist Church Houston]], is an author, and is the creator of the broadcast ministry, the ''Winning Walk'' * [[Paul Washer]] (born 1961) - evangelist and preacher, founder of the HeartCry Missionary Society Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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