FIRST SESSION | Tuesday, October 28
8:30 a.m.
Call to Worship – Mississippi Singing Churchmen and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
8:35 a.m.
Call to Order – Bill Hurt
President, Mississippi Baptist Convention
Senior Pastor, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus
Prayer – Will Livingston
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Mathiston
Welcome – Josh Braddy
Lead Pastor, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison
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
8:55 a.m.
Report of Committee on Committees – Andrew Chesteen
Chair; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, New Albany
9:00 a.m.
Congregational Worship – Bobby Sanderson
Worship Pastor, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus
9:10 a.m.
Convention Board Report – David Hamilton
President, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
Senior Pastor, West Heights Baptist Church, Pontotoc
9:20 a.m.
Business Session: Election of the President – Bill Hurt
9:45 a.m.
Worship through Music – Mississippi Singing Churchmen and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
9:50 a.m.
MBCB Report – Rick Blythe
Team Leader, Church Support Team
10:00 a.m.
Testimony Video – North American Mission Board
Congregational Worship – Bobby Sanderson, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
10:15 a.m.
Bible Treasures – Robert Smith, Jr.
Distinguished Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, AL
10:40 a.m.
Scripture Reading – Deuteronomy 7.6-9
Matt Olson
Senior Pastor, Sharon First Baptist Church, Laurel
10:45 a.m.
Worship Through Music – Combined Choirs
10:50 a.m.
President’s Address – Bill Hurt
11:35 a.m.
Benediction – Al Hurt
Member, First Baptist Church, Clinton
SECOND SESSION | Tuesday, October 28
1:30 p.m.
Worship through Music – Mississippi College Worship Collective
1:45 p.m.
Call to Order – David Haynes
First Vice President, Mississippi Baptist Convention
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Senatobia
1:50 p.m.
Prayer, Scripture Reading (Psalm 42.5-8), and Greetings from the SBC Executive Committee – Jeff Iorg
President & CEO, Nashville, TN
2:10 p.m.
Bible Treasures – Robert Smith, Jr.
2:35 p.m.
Concert of Praise – Mississippi College Worship Collective
2:45 p.m.
Business Session – Bill Hurt
Presentation of 2026 Budget – Michael Barnett
Chair, Budget Committee
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Ocean Springs
Results of Election of President
Election of Convention Officers
Miscellaneous Business
Testimony Video – International Mission Board
3:25 p.m.
Congregational Worship – First Baptist Church, Biloxi and Gulf Coast Baptist Association Worship Ministries
Todd DuBose, Associate Pastor: Worship, First Baptist Church, Biloxi
3:35 p.m.
Business Session – Bill Hurt
Election of Convention Officers
Miscellaneous Business
3:45 p.m.
MBCB Report – Kristopher Smith
Team Leader, Church Health Team
3:55 p.m.
Music Feature – First Baptist Church, Biloxi and Gulf Coast Baptist Association Worship Ministries
4:15 p.m.
Convention Sermon – Smokey Gibson
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Biloxi
4:50 p.m.
Benediction – Mike Wilson
Associate Pastor: Discipleship, First Baptist Church, Biloxi
THIRD SESSION | Tuesday, October 28
6:30 p.m.
Orchestra Prelude – William Carey University Worship Choir and Band
6:35 p.m.
Call to Order – Bill Hurt
6:40 p.m.
Congregational Praise and Worship – Kristopher Smith
Director, Worship Ministries, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
Prayer – Oscar Geeslin
Pastor, Meadow Brook Baptist Church, Byhalia
Scripture Reading – Ephesians 4.14-19
Israel Cox
Lead Pastor, Crosspoint Church, Gulfport
Testimony – Wade Stevens
Senior Pastor, Longview Point Baptist Church, Hernando
7:20 p.m.
Message – Shawn Parker
Executive Director-Treasurer, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
8:00 p.m.
Benediction – Leander Bridges
Pastor/Teacher, Springhill Missionary Baptist Church, Ellisville
FORTH SESSION | Wednesday, October 29
8:30 a.m.
Call to Order – Shane Freeman
Second Vice President; Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Petal
Prayer – Rolando Ortiz
Pastor, Iglesia Hispana, Richland
Scripture Reading – 1 John 4.7-12
Derek Fortenberry
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Bay St. Louis
Memorial Service – Greg Barker
Consultant, Bivocational Ministries, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
8:50 a.m.
Congregational Praise – Blue Mountain Christian University Chorale and Exalt
9:00 a.m.
Bible Treasures – Robert Smith, Jr.
9:25 a.m.
Business Session – Bill Hurt
Adoption of 2026 Budget – Michael Barnett
Committee on Nominations Report – Will Wall
Chair; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Meridian
Resolutions Committee Report – Wade Phillips
Chair; Senior Pastor, Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian
Miscellaneous Business – Bill Hurt
Time, Place, and Preacher Committee Report – Matt Powell
Chair; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tupelo
9:55 a.m.
Recognition of Bivocational Pastor of the Year – John Pace
Director, Leadership, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
Testimony Video – Summer Missionary
10:15 a.m.
MBCB Report – Sam Ivy
Team Leader, Church Engagement Team
10:25 a.m.
Introduction of University Presidents – Bill Hurt
10:30 a.m.
Blue Mountain Christian University Report – Barbara McMillin, President
10:40 a.m.
Congregational Praise – Blue Mountain Christian University Chorale and Exalt
10:55 a.m.
Message – David Eldridge
Senior Pastor, Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, Homewood, AL
11:40 a.m.
Closing Remarks – Bill Hurt
11:45 a.m.
Benediction – Ivan Parke
Member, Morrison Heights Baptist Church, Clinton
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