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Officers elected, reelected during SBC annual meeting

  • June 14, 2023
  • Grace Thornton
  • Latest News, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, SBC 2023, Texas
In addition to reelecting Bart Barber (third from left) as SBC president for another year, messengers to the annual meeting June 13-14 in New Orleans elect a slate of other leaders. Jay Adkins (fourth from left) is elected first vice president. Kason Branch (center) is elected second vice president. Nathan Finn (fourth from right) is reelected recording secretary, and Don Currence (far right) is reelected registration secretary.
(Photo by Sam Evans/The Baptist Paper)

Officers elected, reelected during SBC annual meeting

In addition to reelecting Bart Barber as Southern Baptist Convention president for another year, messengers to the annual meeting June 13–14 in New Orleans elected a slate of other leaders.

Jay Adkins, lead pastor of First Baptist Church Westwego, Louisiana, was elected first vice president. Adkins received 2,393 votes, or 63.27% of the vote, defeating Dusty Deevers, pastor of Grace Community Church of Elgin, Oklahoma (784 votes, or 20.73%) and Gevan Spinney, pastor of First Baptist Church Haughton, Louisiana (587 votes, or 15.52%).

Kason Branch, pastor of Creekstone Church in North Richland Hills, Texas, won the second vice president spot over Shane Terrebonne, pastor of Gulf Coast Baptist Church in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, by a vote of 2,502 to 2,098.

Nathan Finn, provost at North Greenville University, was reelected recording secretary, and Don Currence, administrative pastor of First Baptist Church Ozark, Missouri, was reelected registration secretary, both unopposed.

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