In this episode, we were able to ask Dr. Jackson questions pertaining to the GCR Task Force final report, his thoughts on appointments to the various convention committees and boards, and how we can best work for unity in the accomplishment of our Great Commission calling as believers in our local churches.

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We pray this interview will be a helpful resource as you prepare to vote for the man you feel most qualified to lead our convention into the future God has prepared for us.

• Frank Cox
• Wiley Drake
• Johnny Hunt
• William Wagner
• Avery Willis

Tim Rogers conducted this interview in person in Les’s office in Lewisville. The variations you may notice in the volume are the result of some equalization of volume that was necessary.

Tomorrow we plan to post an interview with Pastor Wiley Drake of California. It is our hope that these interviews have been helpful to our readers as we approach this important decision in the life of our convention.

Dr. Willis’s personal website can be found here, and a website dedicated to his candidacy can be accessed by clicking here.

The quality of the audio is the result of the interview having been conducted through a VoIP service.

Johnny Hunt is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia. Baptist Press reports that “during his first year as pastor, the church baptized 318 people and had 268 additions by statement and letter. Since he arrived, the church has seen average Sunday school attendance grow from 275 to 4,705, according to the 2007 Annual Church Profile.”

We pray that this interview helps everyone get to know more of the heart of this great man of God.

Within the week we also hope to bring you an interview with another candidate, Dr. Avery Willis.  Continue to prayerfully consider whom God would lead you to support to be the next leader of our convention. See you in Indy in June!

In an article from Baptist Press, we have learned that Dr. Wagner formerly was a professor of missions at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and before that an International Mission Board missionary for 31 years in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. He served as SBC first vice president from 2003-04. He also is the pastor of a small San Francisco-area church, Snyder Lane Baptist, and the author of the 2004 book, “How Islam Plans to Change the World,” published by Kregel. He says he has a passion for reaching Muslims with the Gospel.

Baptist Press also reported that Dr. Wagner received his bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico and his master of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas. He also holds a doctor of missiology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in California and a doctor of theology degree from the University of South Africa.

Dr. Wagner is married to Sally, and they have two children, Candice and Mark.

We hope you will enjoy listening to this interview and will find it helpful as you consider the man for whom you will vote to lead our Convention in the following year. For more information on Dr. Bill Wagner, you can link to his website here.

Dr. Frank Cox has been the Pastor of North Metro First Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia, since 1980. A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Dr. Cox is a graduate of Mercer University in Atlanta, earned his Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and received his Doctor of Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary in Atlanta. Pastor Cox has had the unique privilege of pastoring North Metro First Baptist Church for 27 years.

Pastor Cox has held many positions of leadership including President of the Georgia Baptist Convention and 1st Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is much sought out speaker who has preached at many Conferences and Universities including the SBC Pastors Conference and Liberty University. In addition to speaking Dr. Cox is a published author of Trusting God’s Heart, the story of sickness and death of his first wife, Debbie, and what God taught him through grief, and how God restored his joy.

Pastor Cox is married to Mary. They have three children: daughter Kristen; sons Stephen (wife, Brooke) and Jonathan. Dr. Cox’s hobbies include reading and travel.

We hope you will be encouraged by what you hear from the heart of this gracious man of God.

He is a gracious man to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude. His faithfulness to the Lord’s call to minster to His people, to lead his family to honor God, and to share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with those who are lost, is a worthy example for us all to emulate.

In the course of this interview, Dr. Vines shares his thoughts and convictions regarding why he is Southern Baptist, the impact of the current trends of Calvinism in our convention, our response to the challenge of postmodernism, and other issues.

Enjoy!

Today, we present an interview with Jon Vines (pictured here with Chuck Norris*). This fifteen-minute conversation covers topics such as Vine’s suggestions for pastors whose children rebel, and it reveals Tim’s barely-hidden love for professional wrestling. Enjoy.

*Jon Vines is a trained professional. SBC Today does not recommend standing this close to Chuck Norris. Approach Chuck Norris at your own risk.

They visited about a number of topics, from Dr. Patterson’s taste in music to the blogs that have sprung up specifically to attack church leadership.

This interview lasts much longer than the others at over twenty-six minutes, but if you know Tim, you understand.