Presidential Search Committee appointed

A nine-member presidential search committee has been formed consisting of the following trustees: Danny Roberts (At Large, search committee chair), Denise Ewing (IL), Jamie Green (At Large, search committee secretary), Guy Grimes (CA), Todd Houston (NC), Tom James (KY), Philip Levant (At Large), Andre Palmer (NY), and Calvin Wittman (CO, search committee vice chair). Trustee chair Kevin Ueckert and vice chair Connie Hancock serve on the committee ex officio. 

Roberts is an alumnus of Southwestern (Master of Church Music, 1979) and has served as a trustee since 2016, sitting on the Communications, Policies, and Strategic Initiatives Committee. He currently serves as executive pastor of North Richland Hills Baptist Church. 

The nine-member committee’s composition includes two women, one African-American, and one Hispanic. Moreover, the committee is mixed geographically (with three members from Texas), mixed in terms of trustee tenure (with five being in their first five-year term and the other four in their second five-year term), and only two members are members of the trustee executive committee. 

Trustee chair Ueckert stated, “Between now and the October Board meeting, the presidential search committee will be focused on developing the candidate profile and the application process, as well as entering a time of focused prayer.” In the meantime, nominations and expressions of interest should be submitted to swbtspresidentialsearch@gmail.com.