Baptist Press
SBC president J.D. Greear has announced the members of the Committee on Committees. — File photo by Kathleen Murray
NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear has announced the 68 members of the Committee on Committees that will meet prior to the SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville on June 15-16.
Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., has named Meredith Cook, a member of Neartown Church in Houston, as chair of this year’s Committee on Committees. Steven Wade, lead pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville, N.C., will serve as vice chair.
The 2021 Committee on Committees includes 39 women and 29 men and is majority non-white – 14 members are African American, 12 are Asian and nine are Hispanic. Some committee members come from churches that average nearly 700 in weekly worship, while 40 members attend churches averaging fewer than 250 in weekly worship.
The members’ churches average giving 6 percent through the Cooperative Program and average 25 baptisms per year.
Committee members selected to represent Tennessee are Pam Earls, Third Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, and Maria San Jose Vincente, Belle Aire Baptist Church, Murfreesboro. B&R
