Monty Patton, associate executive director of the Arizona Mission Network of Southern Baptists, has been named executive director.
In a special-called meeting at First Southern Baptist Church at Sahuaro Ranch, Glendale, July 24, messengers voted 206-4 to approve Patton as executive director. He had been unanimously recommended by a search team and unanimously elected by the Convention Council on June 28.
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Patton succeeds David Johnson, AZMN executive director since 2013, who announced in March his intention to retire after the election of his successor.
In early May, Gateway Seminary trustees approved Johnson as director of the doctor of ministry program and professor of leadership formation. At that time, Johnson said he would start the new position this fall but he still planned to continue in his present position until his successor was elected.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Elizabeth Young and originally published by the Arizona’s Portraits, newsjournal of the Arizona Mission Network.
