The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention will meet Feb. 19-20 at the SBC Building in Nashville.
A few weeks ago, it appeared that the Executive Committee was poised to rid itself of the elephant in the room — the vacant office of president and chief executive officer. The position has been vacant aside from interim presidents since Oct. 31, 2021 when Ronnie Floyd’s resignation as president and CEO took effect.
On Jan. 8, the search committee announced it would present a candidate at the EC’s upcoming meeting in February. They chose not to release the name, but it soon circulated that Thomas Hammond, executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, would be the candidate. Approximately two weeks later, search committee (team) chair Neal Hughes informed EC members the unnamed candidate had withdrawn his name. [Read more…]