We’re glad today to announce the second and final round of recipients for the 2017 SBC Pastors’ Conference Scholarship. Round two includes 30 pastors and church planters who will, along with 30 in the first round, receive $1,000 for travel and other expenses to attend all sessions of the SBC Pastors’ Conference and SBC Annual Meeting. As before, 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. Close to half of this list are from outside traditional SBC states. We love having this opportunity to bless small church pastors.
We’re also glad to recognize the following scholarship sponsors who have come on board since the first round were announced:
Shades Mountain Church (Birmingham, AL), John & Myra Prince (via North Carolina Baptist Foundation), Idlewild Baptist Church (Lutz, FL), Cornerstone Fellowship Baptist Church (Haskell, TX), and The North Carolina Biblical Recorder (state Baptist newspaper).
Along with early donors we announced during the first round: 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).
If you would still like to contribute to the scholarship fund, please feel free to do so (instructions here). The Pastors’ Conference is funding all scholarships not covered by donors. We’ve received, at this point $17,000 from our donors to greatly increase the number of scholarships we have been able to offer. Thank you all for working together with us to make this vision a reality. Now, without further ado…
Scholarship Recipient List
Randy Alston
Redeemer Church
Fort Myers, FL
Gregory Scott Bittle
First Baptist Church
Zeigler, IL
James Briggs
First Baptist Church
Fayette, MO
Kevin Bruinsma
Narrow Path Church
Saint Clair Shores, MI
Bill Carter
Antioch Baptist Church
Royal, AR
Peter Choi
New Life New Vision Church
Tustin, CA
Cody Dean
Epiphany Baptist
Springfield, TN
James Dettman
Hills of Grace Fellowship
Rapid City, SD
Jimmie Evans
Pine Hill Baptist Church
Leesville, LA
James Forbis
FBC Willow Springs
Willow Springs, MO
Mark Fugitt
Mountain Grove Family Church
Mountain Grove, MO
Chris Harris
Greater Things Baptist Church
Burns, TN
Kevin James
New Creation Bible Fellowship
Tracy, CA
Donghyeok Kim
Dreamers Church of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Jin Kwon
Hattiesburg Korean Baptist Church
Hattiesburg,MS
Joseph Lee
Wells Chapel Baptist Church
Wallace, NC
Samuel Louis
Grace Church of Cape Cod
Sandwich, MA
James W. Luders
Lincoln Street Baptist Church
Mt. Pleasant, IA
Sean McKale
iGnite Church on Fire
Yelm, WA
Von Paxton
Grace Baptist Church
Quinlan, TX
Cheston Pickard
First Baptist Church of Delassus
Farmington, MO
Joon Roh
Church of the Wonderful Light
Clarksville, MD
Felix Sermon
Grace International Christian Church
Alexandria, VA
Mark Slattery
First Southern Baptist Church
Larned, KS
Josh Smith
First Baptist Church
Alpaugh, CA
Michael C. Smith
Island Baptist Church
Chincoteague, VA
William Stack
Haven Baptist Church
New Bedford, MA
Ryan Strother
Central Baptist Church
Marion, OH
Ritch Wilhelmi
Memorial Baptist Church
Hot Springs, AR
Jeff Wright
Midway Baptist Church
Cookeville, TN
