The mission matters most. That’s the mentality Jeff Iorg is bringing to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee as he steps into the role of president and CEO on May 13.
The recent slide in total memberships among congregations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention slowed in 2023, while baptisms, worship service attendance and small group participation all grew.
As a boy growing up on a dairy farm in southeast Louisiana, I never dreamed that I would serve on the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention — much less be elected chairman, during what could arguably be …
Friends, alumni, faculty, students and trustees gathered Tuesday, April 16, to honor Jeff Iorg for his tenure as president of Gateway Seminary and to commission him for service at the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Trustees on the presidential search committee have nominated Adam Groza, vice president for enrollment and student services, as the candidate to serve as Gateway Seminary’s next president.
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Jeff Iorg on being elected the next SBC Exec Comm president: “I am thankful to God for the privilege of leading in this new capacity and for paying back in some way for what Southern Baptists have been to me for now more than 50 years.”
Jeff Iorg, retiring president of Gateway Seminary, is the new Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president/CEO. He was elected during a special-called trustee meeting in Dallas today (March 21).
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