Fred Stone, outgoing president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, on Nov. 19 released the names of the members of the South Carolina Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.
Stone was authorized by SCBC messengers Nov. 16 to appoint the task force, which is charged with formulating a response to the recommendations contained in the report of the SBC Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, which was adopted by Southern Baptists at their annual meeting in June.
The 35 members of the South Carolina task force include:
Ralph Carter Jr. (chairman), pastor, Brushy Creek Baptist Church, Taylors
Steve Hogg (vice chairman), pastor, First Baptist Church, Rock Hill
Brad Atkins, pastor, Powdersville First Baptist Church, Easley
Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer, SCBC, and member, Riverland Hills Baptist Church, Irmo
Paul Ballard, pastor, North Trenholm Baptist Church, Columbia
B.J. Bateman, member, First Baptist Church, Taylors
Curt Bradford, pastor, Riverbluff Church, North Charleston
Will Bradham, director of missions, Southeast Baptist Association, and member, First Baptist Church, Georgetown
Dusty Bradshaw, pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church, North Charleston
Ed Carney, pastor, Riverland Hills Baptist Church, Irmo
Greg Castillo, associate pastor, United Baptist Church, Spartanburg
Bill Curtis, pastor, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Darlington
Jon Davis, pastor, Summit Church, Ladson
Jamie Duncan, pastor, Good Hope Baptist Church, Iva
Phil Gibson, member, Northside Baptist Church, West Columbia
Ryan Goodroe, pastor, First Baptist Church, Hartsville
Rudy Gray, pastor, Utica Baptist Church, Seneca
Duane Greene, member, First Baptist Church, Pickens
Mike Hamlet, pastor, North Spartanburg First Baptist Church
Gail Hodson, 2011 SC WMU president, and member, Mid-Valley Baptist Church, Langley
Sonny Holmes, 2011 SCBC president, and pastor, Northwood Baptist Church, North Charleston
Tommy Kelly, pastor, First Baptist Church, Varnville
Eddie Leopard, pastor, Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken
Don Purvis, transitional pastor, Langston Baptist Church, Conway
Alex Sands, pastor, Kingdom Life Christian Center, Greenville
Tony Smith, pastor, New Prospect Baptist Church, Anderson
Craig Thompson, pastor, Malvern Hill Baptist Church, Camden
Lisa Willard, counselor, Welsh Neck Baptist Association, and member, Calvary Baptist Church, Darlington
The presidents (or their designees) of the institutions of the SCBC are included on the task force as required by a motion adopted by SCBC messengers on Nov. 16. They include:
Ben Davis, Connie Maxwell Children’s Home
Barry Edwards, Baptist Foundation of South Carolina
Jimmy Epting, North Greenville University
Jairy Hunter, Charleston Southern University
Don Kirkland, The Baptist Courier
Tom Turner, South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging
Evans Whitaker, Anderson University