SBC picks Hunt on 1st ballot
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Jun 10, 2008
Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., won the Southern Baptist Convention presidential election on the first ballot June 10 in Indianapolis.
Hunt received 3,100 votes (52.94 percent) out of 5,856 ballots cast.
He defeated a field of five other candidates. They and their vote totals were:
• Frank Cox, pastor of North Metro First Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Ga., 1,286 votes; 21.96 percent.
• Avery Willis, retired vice president of the SBC International Mission Board, 962 votes; 16.43 percent.
• Bill Wagner, a former missionary and president of Olivet International University in San Francisco, 255 votes; 4.35 percent.
• Les Puryear, pastor of Lewisville (N.C.) Baptist Church, 188 votes; 3.21 percent.
• Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and a former SBC second vice president, 45 votes; 0.77 percent.
Hunt received 3,100 votes (52.94 percent) out of 5,856 ballots cast.
He defeated a field of five other candidates. They and their vote totals were:
• Frank Cox, pastor of North Metro First Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Ga., 1,286 votes; 21.96 percent.
• Avery Willis, retired vice president of the SBC International Mission Board, 962 votes; 16.43 percent.
• Bill Wagner, a former missionary and president of Olivet International University in San Francisco, 255 votes; 4.35 percent.
• Les Puryear, pastor of Lewisville (N.C.) Baptist Church, 188 votes; 3.21 percent.
• Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and a former SBC second vice president, 45 votes; 0.77 percent.
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