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Clint Pressley wins 2nd term as SBC president

North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley has been elected for a second term as Southern Baptist Convention president.
  • June 10, 2025
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Clint Pressley chats with fellow messengers in Dallas during SBC Annual Meeting.
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Clint Pressley wins 2nd term as SBC president

North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley was elected Tuesday (June 10) for a second term as Southern Baptist Convention president during the SBC’s annual meeting in Dallas.

Photo by Marc Ira Hooks/The Baptist Paper

Pressley defeated David Morrill, a member of Applewood Baptist Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, who was nominated by Chris Cunningham from Hillcrest Baptist Church in Big Springs, Texas. Out of 6,009 votes cast, Pressley received 5,567 votes (92.64%). Morrill received 408 votes (6.79 % ), and 34 votes (0.57%) were disallowed.

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Pressley, senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, was nominated by Michael Criner, senior pastor of First Baptist Church Rockwall, Texas.

“Clint Pressley has earned our trust for another year as our president,” said Criner as he nominated Pressley. “This past year, Clint Pressley has represented Southern Baptists so well.

RELATED: Pressley urges messengers to ‘hold fast’ to conviction, cooperation

“(Pressley) has joyfully pointed us to who we are, the very best, of who we are, and the very best of what we do — our confession and our cooperation for the Great Commission,” Criner said.

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