Charlotte pastor elected next president of Southern Baptist Convention
A senior pastor from a popular church in Charlotte will be the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Clint Pressley, a senior pastor from Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, has been elected as the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Pressley won 56% of the final vote in a runoff race, following his previous role as vice president and a member of the North Carolina Baptist Board of Directors. He supports a measure to amend the SBC constitution to ban churches with women pastors, pending a vote on this proposal.
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A senior pastor from a popular church in Charlotte will be the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
SBC voters in Indianapolis picked Clint Pressley to be the next president of their convention in a runoff race on Wednesday. He won 56% of the final vote.
Pressley is a senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church. He’s a native of Charlotte and grew up going to Hickory Grove as a teenager, according to the church.
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This isn’t Pressley’s first leadership role in the SBC. He previously served as vice president in 2014-2015. He’s also been a member of the North Carolina Baptist Board of Directors since 2023.
Pressley has said he supports a measure to amend the SBC constitution to ban churches with women pastors. A vote on that ban will happen this week.
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