Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Jim Futral, Executive Director-Treasurer PO Box 530 • Jackson MS 39205-0530 800.748.1651 • 601.968.3800 in Jackson Baptist Convention Officers

Dr. Matt Buckles First Baptist Church, Vicksburg President Rev. Gary Wyatt North Morton Baptist Church, Morton First Vice President Rev. Larry Young Spangle Banner Missionary Baptist Church, Pace Second Vice President Dr. Michael Weeks Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Olive Branch Recording Secretary Rev. Jerry Bingham Benton-Tippah Baptist Association, Ripley Associate Recording Secretary

Committee on Order of Business

Dr. LaRue Stephens, Chair First Baptist Church, Long Beach Dr. Randy Bostick Oakland Baptist Church, Corinth Rev. Barry Corbett First Baptist Church, Kosciusko Mr. Randy Cuchens First Baptist Church, Newton Rev. Travis Gray First Baptist Church, Eupora Rev. Steve Wilson Meadow Grove Baptist Church, Brandon The Pastor’s Posture, The People’s Privilege The Pastor’s Posture, The People’s Privilege Acts 6:1-7 Acts 6:1-7 Tuesday Morning | First Session | October 27, 2015 Tuesday Afternoon | Second Session | October 27, 2015

8:30 Call to Order – Matt Buckles 1:30 Concert of Praise – Mississippi Singing Churchmen President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Milfred Valentine, Director; Minister of Music, Prentiss Baptist Church, Prentiss Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Vicksburg 1:45 Call to Order – Gary Wyatt Worship through Music – Gerry Gore First Vice President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Minister of Music, First Baptist Church, Vicksburg Pastor, North Morton Baptist Church, Morton

Scripture Reading – Ephesians 4:11-16 Congregational Praise – Tim Moak Jim Woodyear Minister of Music, First Baptist Church, Clinton Associate Pastor, Sand Hill Baptist Church, Ellisville Scripture Reading – 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 “The Privilege of Knowing My Ministers” – Terry Stutzman Webb Armstrong Lay Member, First Baptist Church, Natchez Pastor, New Zion Baptist Church, Crystal Springs Opening Prayer – J. Clark “The People Minister to Me” – Forrest Sheffield Pastor, Sebastopol Baptist Church, Sebastopol Pastor Emeritus, Harrisburg Baptist Church, Tupelo 9:00 Organization of the Convention – Matt Buckles Opening Prayer – Wade Humphries Recognition and Seating of Messengers Pastor, Longview Point Baptist Church, Hernando

Committee on Order of Business Report – LaRue Stephens 2:10 Treasures – Waylon Bailey Chair; Pastor, First Baptist Church, Long Beach 2:35 Concert of Praise - Mississippi Singing Churchmen Announcement of Credentials and Tellers Committees – Matt Buckles 2:45 Business Session – Matt Buckles Welcome – Bob Gladney Executive Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jackson Presentation of 2016 Budget – Gary Richardson Chair, Budget Committee; Pastor, North Oxford Baptist Church, Oxford 9:15 Worship through Music – Warren Baptist Association Choir First Baptist Church, Woodlawn Baptist Church, Highland Baptist Church – Vicksburg Results of Election of President Election of Convention Officers 9:20 Report of Committee on Committees – Thad Moore Presentation of Resolutions Chair; Lay Member, Sturgis Baptist Church, Sturgis Miscellaneous Business 9:25 Bible Treasures – Waylon Bailey 3:10 Music Feature – Sanctuary Choir, First Baptist Church, Clinton Senior Pastor First Baptist Church, Covington, LA 3:15 Business Session – Matt Buckles Election of Convention Officers 9:50 Presentations of Resolutions Miscellaneous Business 9:55 Worship through Music – Gerry Gore 3:30 Church Planting Report – Johnny Ervin Minister of Music, First Baptist Church, Vicksburg Director, Church Planting, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board 10:00 Business Session: Election of the President – Matt Buckles 3:40 Congregational Praise – Tim Moak Presentation from the Constitution and Bylaws Committee – Randy Turner Minister of Music, First Baptist Church, Clinton Chair; Pastor, First Baptist Church, Laurel 3:45 Missions Mobilization – Ken Rhodes 10:20 Convention Board Report – Mark Vincent Director, Missions Mobilization, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Pastor, Clarke-Venable Baptist Church, Decatur 3:55 Choral Praise – Sanctuary Choir, First Baptist Church, Clinton 10:30 Choral Praise – Warren Baptist Association Choir 4:05 Convention Sermon – David Eldridge First Baptist Church, Woodlawn Baptist Church, Highland Baptist Church – Vicksburg Pastor, First Baptist Church, Clinton

10:35 Christian Action Commission Report – Rodney Anderson 4:40 Benediction – Robby Rikard Chairman, Board of Trustees, Christian Action Commission Pastor, First Baptist Church, Wiggins 10:50 Concert of Praise – Warren Baptist Association Choir First Baptist Church, Woodlawn Baptist Church, Highland Baptist Church – Vicksburg 11:00 President’s Address – Matt Buckles

11:35 Benediction – Derrick Wilson Pastor, Parkway Baptist Church, Kosciusko The Pastor’s Posture, The People’s Privilege The Pastor’s Posture, The People’s Privilege Acts 6:1-7 Acts 6:1-7 Tuesday Evening | Third Session | October 27, 2015 Wednesday Morning | Fourth Session | October 28, 2015

6:30 Choral Praise – Combined Choirs* 8:30 Call to Order – Larry Young Slater Murphy, Director, Church Music, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Second Vice President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Pastor, Spangle Banner Missionary Baptist Church, Pace 6:35 Call to Order – Matt Buckles Final Presentation of Resolutions Worship through Music – The CP Singers

Congregational Praise and Worship – Slater Murphy Scripture Reading – Philippians 1:3-11 Charles E. Young Scripture Reading – Revelation 3:7-13 Associate Pastor, Spangle Banner Missionary Baptist Church, Pace Chris Williams Pastor, Wayside Baptist Church, Vicksburg “The People Love Me” – William Weddle Pastor, Lollar’s Grove Baptist Church, Eupora “The Privilege of Serving with My Ministers” – Gerald Hasselman Lay Member, First Baptist Church, Clinton Opening Prayer – Andy Boles Pastor, Embrace Ministries, Forest Opening Prayer – Adam Wyatt Pastor, Corinth Baptist Church, Carthage 8:55 Memorial Service – Bruce Cappleman Director, Church-Minister Relations, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board 7:00 Choral Praise – Combined Choirs 9:05 Mississippi Baptist Foundation Report – Daniel Hall 7:10 Congregational Praise and Worship – Slater Murphy Executive Director, Mississippi Baptist Foundation 7:15 Choral Praise – Combined Choirs 9:15 introduction of College Presidents – Matt Buckles 7:25 Message – Jim Futral 9:20 Blue Mountain College Report – Barbara C. McMillin Executive Director-Treasurer, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board President, Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain 8:00 Choral Praise – Combined Choirs 9:30 Worship through Music – The CP Singers

8:05 Benediction – Mike Racey 9:35 Bible Treasures – Waylon Bailey Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church, Gulfport 10:00 Recognition of Bivocational Pastor of the Year – Michael Lee Director, Pastor/Leadership Development Department, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board *Combined Choirs and Music Worship Leaders 10:10 Business Session – Matt Buckles First Baptist Church, Summit, Bradley White Highland Colony Baptist Church, Madison, Jason Easley Adoption of 2016 Budget – Gary Richardson Carterville Baptist Church, Petal, Kris Smith Chorale, Don Odom Committee on Nominations Report – Danny Smith Mississippi Baptist Convention Orchestra, David Young Chair; Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tunica

Time, Place, and Preacher Committee Report – Chip Stevens Chair; Pastor, First Baptist Church, Starkville

Resolutions Committee Report – Bryant Barnes Chair; Pastor, First Baptist Church, Columbia

Miscellaneous Business – Matt Buckles 10:30 Baptist Children’s Village Report – Rory Lee Executive Director, Baptist Children’s Village, Ridgeland 10:40 Music Feature – The CP Singers

10:50 Message – Russell Moore Director, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention 11:30 Closing Remarks – Matt Buckles 11:35 Benediction – Hugo Villegas Pastor, Iglesia El Buen Pastor, Forest Featured Speakers Notes

Dr. Waylon Bailey has been the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Covington, , since 1989. The church has grown in weekly average worship attendance from 300 to 1900. Dr. Bailey is from Brantley, Alabama, and is a graduate of Samford University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has pastored churches in Alabama and Louisiana and served as Chairman of the Division of Biblical Studies and J. Wash Watts Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary from 1978 to 1995. He is the author of five books and is a frequent contributor to biblical and pastoral journals. Dr. Bailey currently serves as President of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. He has also served Southern in various capacities, including serving on the Committee on Committees and the Credentials Committee. He recently served as the Chairman of the Committee on Nominations for the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Bailey is married to the former Martha Layton. They have two adult daughters, three grandsons and one granddaughter.

Dr. Matt Buckles is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Vicksburg, where he has served since 2004. He is a graduate of and received the Doctor of Ministry degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently serving as president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention and serves as an adjunct instructor for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Denominational service includes 14 years as Director/Consultant for the Pastor/Leadership Development Department at the Convention Board, various committees of the Mississippi Baptist Convention, and Committee on Committees of the Southern Baptist Convention. He and his wife, Karen, have been married for 37 years and have two married children, Doug (Adrienne) and Kendra (Thomas), and three grandchildren.

Dr. David Eldridge has served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Clinton, since May of 2014. He received his BA in Christian Studies from Mississippi College in 2001, Master of Divinity from Beeson Divinity School in 2004, and a Ph.D. in preaching from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2010. He is actively involved in the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, having served on numerous committees of both. David is married to the former Danielle Robertson (who is a graduate of Mississippi College, BS in Elementary Education). They are the proud parents of Hayden (9), Luke (8), and Jonathan (3).

Dr. Russell Moore serves as the eighth president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral and public policy agency of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Prior to his election to this role in 2013, Moore served as provost and dean of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also taught as professor of theology and ethics. Dr. Moore blogs frequently at his Moore to the Point website, and hosts a program called Questions & Ethics—a wide-ranging podcast in which Dr. Moore answers listener-generated questions on the difficult moral and ethical issues of Audio and Video Recording Provided by: the day. In addition, he is the author of several books, including Tempted and MasterSound Media Ministries Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ and Adopted for Life: The Priority Bob & Betty Bynum of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches. An ordained minister, Dr. Moore PO Box 38 has served as a pastor for a number of Southern Baptist churches—most recently Higgins, TX 79046 serving as preaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church from 2008-2012. A native 806.852.2101—office or 817.983.1995—cell Mississippian, he and his wife, Maria, are the parents of five boys. [email protected] www.mastersoundmedia.com Notes Notes