TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024
First Session
8:30 a.m.
Call to Worship
Combined Baptist University Choirs and Orchestra
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Praise Team
8:35 a.m.
Call to Order
Bill Hurt, President, Mississippi Baptist Convention
Senior Pastor, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus
Prayer
Chad Ball, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Gautier
Welcome
Chip Stevens, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jackson
Organization of the Convention
Bill Hurt
Recognition and Seating of Messengers
Committee on Order of Business Report
Grant Stegall, Chair; Senior Pastor, Desoto Hills Baptist Church, Southaven
Announcement of Credentials and Tellers Committees
Bill Hurt
Presentation of Resolutions
8:55 a.m.
Report of Committee on Committees
Jason Webb, Chair; Pastor, Goodwater Baptist Church, Magee
9:00 a.m.
Congregational Worship
Bobby Sanderson, Worship Pastor, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus
9:10 a.m.
Convention Board Report
Tommy Mitchell, President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
Senior Pastor, Agricola Baptist Church, Lucedale
9:20 a.m.
Business Session: Election of the President
Scott Hanberry
Presentation from the Constitution & Bylaws Committee
Doug Gunn, Chair, Member, First Baptist Church, Jackson
9:45 a.m.
Worship through Music
Combined Choirs and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
9:55 a.m.
Celebrating 100 Years of the Cooperative Program
Rick Blythe, Director, Stewardship/Prayer Ministries, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
10:05 a.m.
Testimony – Disaster Relief
Worship through Music
Combined Choirs
10:15 a.m.
Bible Treasures
Ben Mandrell
10:40 a.m.
Scripture Reading – Psalm 133.1-3
David Hopkins, Senior Pastor, Highland Baptist Church, Meridian
10:45 a.m.
Congregational Worship
Bobby Sanderson, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
10:50 a.m.
President’s Address
Bill Hurt
11:25 a.m.
Benediction
Robbie Savant, Member, First Baptist Church, Natchez
Second Session
1:30 p.m.
Worship through Music
Mississippi Singing Churchmen
Kristopher Smith, Director
1:45 p.m.
Call to Order
Scott Hanberry, First Vice President, Mississippi Baptist Convention;
Member, Hardy Street Baptist Church, Hattiesburg
Prayer
Allegra Brigham, Member, Chester Baptist Church, Ackerman
Scripture Reading – Ecclesiastes 4.9-12
Lawson Harlow, Pastor, Mercy Hill Church, Olive Branch
2:00 p.m.
Bible Treasures
Ben Mandrell
2:25 p.m.
Worship through Music
Mississippi Singing Churchmen
2:40 p.m.
Business Session
Bill Hurt
Presentation of 2025 Budget
Michael Barnett, Chair, Budget Committee; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Ocean Springs
Results of Election of President
Election of Convention Officers
Presentation of Resolutions
Miscellaneous Business
Testimony – Christmas in the Delta
3:15 p.m.
Congregational Worship
Worship Ministry, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison
Executive Pastor of Creative Arts, Mike Haight
3:25 p.m.
Business Session
Bill Hurt
Election of Convention Officers
Miscellaneous Business
3:35 p.m.
Mississippi Baptist Foundation Report
Daniel Hall, Executive Director, Mississippi Baptist Foundation, Jackson
3:45 p.m.
Christian Action Commission Report
Kenny Digby, Executive Director, Christian Action Commission, Jackson
3:55 p.m.
Congregational Worship
Worship Ministry, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison
4:10 p.m.
Convention Sermon
Josh Braddy, Lead Pastor, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison
4:45 p.m.
Benediction
Neil Marsh, Executive Pastor of Ministry, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison
Third Session
6:25 p.m.
Orchestra Prelude
Combined Orchestras
Testimony – Prison Ministry
6:35 p.m.
Call to Order
Bill Hurt
Final Presentation of Resolutions
6:40 p.m.
Congregational Praise and Worship
Kristopher Smith, Director, Worship Ministries, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
Prayer
Gregg Divinity, Senior Pastor, New Vineyard Baptist Church, Jackson
Scripture Reading – John 17.20-23
Clay Stegall, Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church, Pontotoc
7:20 p.m.
Message
Shawn Parker, Executive Director-Treasurer, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
8:00 p.m.
Benediction
Mike Tyson, Member, First Baptist Church, Picayune
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2024
Fourth Session
8:30 a.m.
Call to Order
David Haynes, Second Vice President; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Senatobia
Prayer
Dale Jackson, Member, First Baptist Church, New Albany
Scripture Reading – Ephesians 4.1-6
Connie Gardner, Member, First Baptist Church, Baldwyn
Memorial Service
Greg Barker, Consultant, Bivocational Ministries, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
8:50 a.m.
Congregational Praise
Worship Collective, Mississippi College
Director, Tyler Kemp
9:05 a.m.
Greetings from SBC Executive Committee
Jeff Iorg, President & CEO, Nashville, TN
9:15 a.m.
Bible Treasures
Ben Mandrell
9:40 a.m.
Business Session
Bill Hurt
Adoption of 2025 Budget
Michael Barnett
Report from the Constitution & Bylaws Committee
Doug Gunn, Chair, Member, First Baptist Church, Jackson
Committee on Nominations Report
Jason Reed, Chair; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Booneville
Resolutions Committee Report
Greg Belser, Chair; Senior Pastor, Morrison Heights Baptist Church, Clinton
Miscellaneous Business
Bill Hurt
Time, Place, and Preacher Committee Report
Mark Taylor, Chair; Senior Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church, Saltillo
10:10 a.m.
Recognition of Bivocational Pastor of the Year
John Pace, Director, Leadership, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
Testimony – Summer Missions
10:25 a.m.
Introduction of University Presidents
Bill Hurt
10:30 a.m.
Mississippi College Report
Blake Thompson, President
10:40 a.m.
Congregational Praise
Worship Collective, Mississippi College
10:55 a.m.
Message
Anthony George, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Atlanta
11:40 a.m.
Closing Remarks
Bill Hurt
11:45 a.m.
Benediction
Luke Gardner, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Kosciusko
