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.
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.
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“(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.
