Messengers approve budget, elect officers, pass resolutions

LITTLE ROCK - Messengers to the 158^th annual meeting of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annual Meeting held Nov. 1-2 at First Baptist Church, Little Rock, elected Greg Addison as president, adopted a $21,496,500 Cooperative Program budget and passed six resolutions.

The meeting drew 687 messengers. 

Addison, pastor of First Baptist Cabot, was elected unopposed to his first term as ABSC president. Ken Jerome, interim pastor at First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, was elected as first vice president. Matt Pryor, pastor of First Baptist Church, Wooster, was elected as second vice president.

The only miscellaneous business to surface form the convention floor was a motion to dedicate the 2011 printed convention annual to Pete Petty, a longtime convention staff member, pastor and associational missionary who died of cancer during the past year. 

Resolutions addressed Christian citizenship, services to children at risk, risks and help for marriages, alcohol “the number one drug problem in Arkansas”, sanctity of human life and appreciation to convention leaders, the host church and all involved in the planning and arrangements for the meeting. Related story.

The 2012 annual meeting will be held Oct. 30-31 at First Baptist Church, Cabot.

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