| Time |
Event |
Other Information |
| 1:30 |
Concert of Praise |
Mississippi Singing Churchmen
Milfred Valentine, Director
Minister of Music, Prentiss Baptist Church, Prentiss |
| 1:45 |
Call to Order |
Paul Crowley
First Vice President, Mississippi Baptist Convention
Pastor, Woolmarket Baptist Church, Biloxi |
| Congregational Praise and Worship |
Mark Manning
Minister of Music
DeSoto Hills Baptist Church, Southaven |
| Scripture Reading & Prayer
John 8:1-11 |
Paul and Melinda Hand
Associate Pastor & Ladies Ministry Director
Crossgates Baptist Church, Brandon |
| 2:00 |
Bible Treasures |
Robert Jeffress |
| 2:25 |
Concert of Praise |
Mississippi Singing Churchmen |
| 2:35 |
Business Session |
Gary Richardson |
| Presentation of 2012 Budget |
Kent Cochran
Chair, Budget Committee
Pastor, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Brookhaven |
| Results of Election of President |
| Election of Convention Officers |
| Presentation of Resolutions |
| Miscellaneous Business |
| 3:00 |
Missions Mobilization |
Ken Rhodes
Director, Missions Mobilization
Mississippi Baptist Convention Board |
| 3:15 |
Music Feature |
Celebration Choir
DeSoto Hills Baptist Church, Southaven |
| 3:20 |
Business Session |
Gary Richardson |
| Election of Convention Officers |
| Miscellaneous Business |
| 3:35 |
Congregational Praise and Worship |
Mark Manning |
| 3:40 |
Choral Praise |
Celebration Choir
DeSoto Hills Baptist Church, Southaven |
| 3:50 |
Convention Sermon |
James Lewis
Pastor, DeSoto Hills Baptist Church, Southaven |
| 4:25 |
Benediction |
Grant Stegall
Minister of Discipleship
DeSoto Hills Baptist Church, Southaven |
Michael C. Catt has been
the senior pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany, GA since 1989. The church has three campuses and reaches across five counties
and 29 communities with members from all races and 11 nations. He serves as Executive Producer for Sherwood Pictures. Films
produced include Courageous, Fireproof, Facing the Giants and FlyWheel. He is an author and speaker who is committed to investing
in pastors and lay leaders looking toward church revival. He and his wife, Terri, have been married since 1974, and they have two
grown daughters, Erin and Hayley.
Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First
Baptist Church, Dallas, TX, graduated from Southwestern Theological Seminary with a D.Min., a TH.M from Dallas Theological
Seminary, and a Doctor of Divinity degree from Dallas Baptist University. He hosts a television program, Pathway to Victory. He is
an author and well known speaker whose bold, biblical, and practical approach to ministry has made him one of our country’s most
respected evangelical leaders. He and his wife, Amy, have two daughters, Julia and Dorothy, and a son-in-law, Ryan Sadler.
James Lewis is the senior pastor of DeSoto
Hills Baptist Church, Southaven where he has served since 1998. He is a native of East Tennessee and a graduate of Blue Mountain
College where he presently serves as an Executive Member of the Board of Trustees. His unique presentation of the scripture and his
passion for sharing the “unsearchable riches of Christ” makes him a much sought after speaker throughout the state. He and his
wife, Kathy, have two children and one grandchild.
Gary Richardson, senior
pastor of North Oxford Baptist Church, Oxford, graduated from Mississippi College and received his Master of Divinity and Doctor of
Ministry from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Former pastorates include Edgewater Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA, and
First Baptist Church, West Point. Denominational service includes president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board and chair
of the Executive Committee of the MBCB. He and his wife, Janet, have three children, Leigh Anne, Jennifer, and John, and nine grandchildren.
