CLINTON (Special) – The 2023 State Speakers Tournament was held April 15 at Parkway Church, Clinton. The annual event is sponsored by the Discipleship/Sunday School Department of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board and supported by gifts to the Mississippi Cooperative Program.
Winners will receive scholarships provided by Mississippi Baptists’ three institutions of higher learning: Blue Mountain Christian University in Blue Mountain, Mississippi College in Clinton, and William Carey University in Hattiesburg.
Listed below are the winners followed by their home church membership, association affiliation, and topic:
First Place: Kayla Stogner, First Church, Clinton (Metro) – “Totally Consumed”
Second Place: Elizabeth Livingston, Bayou View Church, Gulfport (Gulf Coast) – “Totally Consumed”
Third Place: Gavin Langley, Bayou View Church, Gulfport (Gulf Coast) – “Built On the Rock”
Fourth Place: Carter Hall, First Church, New Albany (Union County) – “True Disciples”
