Floridians at the SBC

Photo by James A. Smith Sr.

Hal Crane (r), who directs the Florida Baptist Convention’s partnership with the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, visits with a couple from Michigan in the Indiana Convention Center.

Photo by James A. Smith Sr.

David Drake (l), director of missions for the Northeast Florida Baptist Association in Yulee, and Christopher Martin, pastor of First Baptist Church, Cedar Key, chat outside the exhibit hall at the SBC.

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Newly elected SBC President Bobby Welch (l) greets David Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., and his wife, Lanese, at a reception to honor the pastor of First Baptist Church, Daytona Beach, on his election.

Photo by James A. Smith Sr.

Florida Baptist Convention Executive Director-Treasurer John Sullivan (second from left) confers with SBC President Jack Graham (r), Chief Parliamentarian C. Barry McCarty (l), and Executive Committee staffer Augie Boto (second from right) during debate on the sole membership recommendation for New Orleans Seminary. Sullivan is a parliamentarian for the SBC.