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Bill Henard to be Nominated for 1st VP
Posted by SBC Today | May 19, 2008
A Lexington, KY pastor will be nominated for First Vice-President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Bill Henard is Senior Pastor of Porter Memorial Baptist Church.
Dr. Kevin Ezell, Senior Pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, intends to nominate Henard at the SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis next month.
Porter Memorial has averaged more than 100 baptisms per year for the last nine years under Dr. Henard’s leadership, setting a new record both in the number of baptisms in one year and in consecutive 100+ baptism years.
The church gives an average of 15% to the Cooperative Program and will give over 16% in 2008. Total cumulative giving to the Cooperative Program will reach the 7-million dollar mark this year.
Porter Memorial has a strong commitment to missions, sending about nearly 400 volunteers on short-term mission trips each year. Porter Memorial is a Strategic Coordinator Church with the International Mission Board for church planting in the Acari Valley in Southern Peru. In addition, the church gives 10% of its Capital Stewardship offerings for relocation to missions.
Dr. Henard is serving our convention as the Chairman of Trustees for Lifeway and is currently the President of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. He is also Assistant Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville.
Dr. Ezell states, “Bill Henard is a man of with a servant’s heart and visionary leadership. I am excited about the possibility of him serving our convention in this way.”
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May 19th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Before moving to Kentucky, Bill Henard was in Alabama. I will vouch for Bill Henard as a man of conviction and a man who is dependable. He always stood with conservatives in Alabama. I am excited to see Bill Henard nominated. Dr. Henard will get my vote.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I too can vouch for Bill Henard. Having taken several Ph.D. classes with him, I have found him to be a scholar with a pastor’s heart. Additionally, his love for the Lord Jesus Christ and the gospel is evident to anyone who has spent considerable time with him. His commitments to the SBC in general and the cooperative program in particular are second to none.
Bill will have my vote at the convention.
Chris Bonts
Pastor, CrossRoad Church
May 20th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
But why, oh why, the numbers?
‘has averaged more than 100 baptisms per year for the last nine years under Dr. Henard’s leadership, setting a new record both in the number of baptisms in one year and in consecutive 100+ baptism years’
Well, that makes him better than Jesus then. Oh, it doesn’t? That makes it irrelevant then. It’s real hard to turn in those stats from prison in North Korea. I imagine.
I hope that, like all godly men whose names are stat-attached, Bill is wise enough to be upset about the way he is being presented. That would make him a perfect candidate.
Or shall we go for Joel Osteen?
May 20th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Brother Alex,
Is there something you want to say about the numbers being presented concerning Dr. Henard?
Blessings,
Tim