GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP) North Greenville University Professor Nathan Finn will be nominated for a 3rd expression as SBC recording secretary by Tony Wolfe, govt director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Conference, at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Once-a-year Assembly in Indianapolis on June 10-11.
Nathan is a loving spouse, an exemplary father, a devoted bivocational pastor, a celebrated Baptist historian, and an skilled conference leader, Wolfe said. Also, around the last yr my joy has greater to appear to know him as a devoted pal.
He serves in a critical job at North Greenville University, a single of our a few outstanding SCBaptist universities, as professor of Faith and Society and govt director of the Institute for Transformational Leadership, Wolfe famous. In a point out total of highly regarded Baptist pastors, theologians, and leaders, Nathan is between the most trustworthy and most cherished.
In addition to his assistance on the 2021 Committee on Resolutions, Finn earlier served on the Historical Committee for the Baptist Condition Convention of North Carolina, was a member of the board of directors of the Biblical Recorder for the BSCNC, and has been an adviser to the SBC Government Committee Resolutions Process Power.
Earlier, Finn was dean of the Faculty of Theology and Missions and professor of theological experiments at Union University from 2015-2018, and he taught church historical past at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2007-2015. He has contributed to and authored several guides and academic is effective, like The Baptist Story and Historic Theology for the Church. He retains a B.A. degree in Historical past from Brewton-Parker College or university and MDiv and PhD degrees from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Highlighting the recording secretarys duties of keeping the file of proceedings at the SBC Annual Assembly and finalizing its E-book of Studies, Wolfe stated, For these types of a place, in this critical period of Southern Baptist cooperation, we desperately have to have a trusted Baptist theologian and historian who is dedicated to our shared mission. Nathan has verified himself much more than capable in his former two several years of company, and has carried out so with no pretense, pomp, or energy-play, Wolfe explained.
Finn and his wife, Leah, are members of Taylors First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., where by Finn serves in a instructing pastor purpose. Baptist Push arrived at out to the church for Cooperative Application and church details.
During the 2023 ACP 12 months, the church obtained $5,169,446 in whole undesignated receipts and gave $521,505 (10.1 percent) by means of the Cooperative Application. The church gave $86,769 to the Annie Armstrong Easter Presenting and $157,262 to the Lottie Moon Xmas Supplying. They noted 1,199 in common worship attendance and 33 baptisms, according to the SBC Workspace.
In a globe total of alter and in a conference encumbered by distrust, Wolfe added, reelecting Finn as recording secretary will secure continuity, encourage confidence, and inspire cooperation among the the churches.