Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2017 SBC Pastors’ Conference Scholarship. Each of these 30 recipients will receive $1,000 for travel and other expenses to attend all sessions of the SBC Pastors’ Conference and SBC Annual Meeting. These recipients pastor average-sized SBC churches and wouldn’t be able to attend without these scholarship funds. About 30% of our applicants are church planters. Several are from outside traditional SBC states. We love having this opportunity to bless small church pastors.
We want to thank early donors who have helped make these scholarships possible:
Cross Church (Springdale, AR), Hickory Grove Baptist Church (Charlotte, NC), Johnson Ferry Baptist Church (Marietta, GA), Roger K. Simpson (individual donor, member of First Southern Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, OK, where SBCPC speaker Shane Hall pastors), First Baptist Church (Woodstock, GA), Liberty Baptist Church (Hampton, VA), Broadmoor Baptist Church (Madison, MS), Cornerstone Fellowship Baptist Church (Haskell, TX), and the SBC of Virginia (state convention). We anticipate others coming on board to make more scholarships available (instructions here). The Pastors’ Conference is also funding a number of these scholarships. Our hope is to release a second round of scholarships by the first week of May.
Scholarship Recipient List
Chad Ashby
College Street Baptist Church
Newberry, South Carolina
Jeremy Atwood
New Harvest Baptist Church
Caneyville, Kentucky
Todd Brandt
Christian Bible Church
Yonkers, New York
Chris Canote
Perche Baptist Church
Clark, Missouri
Mark Carpenter
Bethel Baptist Church
Danville, Illinois
Nicholas Clark
Heritage Hills Baptist Church
Santa Claus, Indiana
Rob Connelly
Uptown Church
Martinsville, Virginia
Gavin Croft
North Fort Myers First Baptist
North Fort Myers, Florida
Robert Daughtry
Midville First Baptist Church
Midville, Georgia
Shane England
Resonate Church
Nashville, Tennessee
Kevin Fortier
Emmaus Church
Manchester, New Hampshire
Bobby Franklin
Temple Baptist
Dermott, Arkansas
Louie Gibbs
Radical City Church
Portsmouth, Virginia
Ryan Gilbert
Raintree Community Church
Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Luke Holmes
FBC Tishomingo
Tishomingo, Oklahoma
Kyle Hopper
New Clover Creek Baptist Church
Hardinsburg, Kentucky
Han Lee
The Philippian Church
Oakland, California
Aaron Leggett
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Batesville, Arkansas
Michael Martin
Calvary Baptist
Smithville, Tennessee
Jacob McMillian
Journey Baptist Church
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Justin Nale
Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Fabian Portunato
Revolution Church
Miami, Florida
Aaron Ramquist
Rock of Hope Church
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Brandon Skaggs
Cash Creek Baptist Church
Henderson, Kentucky
Paul Springer
Northwest Baptist Church
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Stephen Stanford
Forest Hills Baptist Church
Seguin, Texas
Trey Wells
Clyde’s Chapel Baptist
Wendell, North Carolina
Cameron Whaley
Canadian Valley Baptist Church
Yukon, Oklahoma
Jordon Willard
Trinity Baptist Church
Tarboro, North Carolina
Justin Woulard
Central Baptist Church
McComb, Mississippi
Thank you SO much! Your generosity is much appreciated. Looking forward to being there.
Praise God that these men get to experience the family meeting and Pastors Conference for the first time!!
Praise God! Thank you to all the donors who made this possible.
Will more scholarships become available? I submitted my application at 10:00 AM as soon as the link became available and I meet all the criteria.
We hope to be able to offer more scholarships. However, the number of scholarships offered is based on the amount of funds we receive for this purpose. Scholarships are being awarded on a first come/first serve basis to eligible applicants. There were a lot of people who applied in the opening minutes.
You will have to wait until the next round is announced to find out if you have been awarded a scholarship. Thanks for applying!
Floyd, your name is on our list along with the time submitted. Like Adam said, we’ll be working down that list in order received according to the support we receive from donors. I emailed you the details of your submission. Hopefully enough support will come in that you might be included in a second round of scholarships. Best of luck.
Hi Brent,
Is the already 30 chosen list anywhere published, so that one can go there and take a look at it?? Or the already chosen just received an e-mail to let them personally know abut it?? Thanks! Blessings!
This first round of 30 is listed above. The second round of scholarships is not yet released, but should be this afternoon. Check back and it’ll be the top post on the front page when it’s released.
The downside of this is that we knew very well that we would be blessing some guys and disappointing a lot more.
Thank you so much. I am truly appreciative to be able to attend and participate in the 2017 conference. This is a great idea of strengthening the relationship between larger budget churches and smaller churches!
So grateful! Thank you for making it possible for me to attend this year.
Look forward to seeing you in Phoenix, Justin!
Just want to say Thank You for making this available and to all the churches that gave to the scholarship! I look forward to Phoenix!!!
So excited! This will be my first opportunity to attend this conference! Thank you to all who made these scholarships possible!
I was late to apply so I am sure that I am far down on the list. That’s okay. I am blessed to see enough was given that 30 pastors were given $1000 scholarships! And possibly more will be blessed. That is amazing. Thank you to all these SBC Churches and other organizations for their generous giving. Proving once again we can accomplish more together that we can apart.
It is amazing that this group has extra money and just gives it away. Unheard of. There’s got to be a future in our for people who think like this.
Very thankful and grateful for this opportunity. A heartfelt THANK YOU from myself and my congregation.
Thank you SBCPC leadership for your vision and all who gave for your generosity which will enabled me to attend my first annual meeting. Praise God for this cooperative effort for Christ’s glory.
Im extremely grateful and super excited to be attending due to this scholarship and the generosity of others! Looking forward to hearing the Word and worship with my brothers and sisters in Phoenix!
I’m praying that I will be one of the ones selected in today’s final selection. I have prayed about it, I have sent an e-mail, I filled out the application. I want to be more involved in the SBC but every church I have been pastor at just doesn’t have the funds. I pray that Dr. Michael Watts will be on that list today.