SBC Executive Committee eliminates 20% of staff due to budget crisis
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee eliminated 20% of its staff Sept. 13 but has not indicated what positions or people were affected.
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The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee eliminated 20% of its staff Sept. 13 but has not indicated what positions or people were affected.
The new interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is a member of a church dually aligned with the SBC and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and where his seminary-educated wife holds the job title “minister of students and discipleship.”
Jonathan Howe, vice president for communications, has been named interim president following the sudden resignation of Willie McLaurin last Friday.
Willie McLaurin, a former Tennessee pastor who was the interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, resigned after it emerged that his resume included false information about his education.
Willie McLaurin, the interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, has stepped down from the position after it was revealed that he had false credentials on his resume.