CHARLOTTE, N.C. – North Carolina Pastor, Clint Pressley was elected South Baptist Convention (SBC) president Wednesday, June 12th.
The election began with six candidates and required two run off ballots.
Pressely, Senior Pator of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte received 4,244 votes (56.12 %).Dan Spencer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, Tenn. received 3,305 votes (43.71 percent). A total of 7,562 votes were cast with 13 disallowed.
Chris Justice, senior pastor of Lee Park Baptist Church in Monroe, N.C., nominated Pressley.
Pressley has been senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte since 2010 and is a member of the board of directors for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. He served as vice president of the 2013 SBC Pastors’ Conference and first vice president of the SBC from 2014-15. Since 2015, Pressley has been a trustee for the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, with a stint as chairman. He has pastored churches in Mississippi and Alabama.
According to the Annual Church Profile and Baptist State Convention of North Carolina records, Hickory Grove reported 69 baptisms and averaged 2,632 in worship attendance in 2023. The church reported $9,680,234 in total undesignated receipts in 2023, with $232,089 (2.4%) given through the Cooperative Program. Hickory Grove also gave $244,664 to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for international missions and $73,026 to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions.
Pressley holds a bachelor’s degree from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., an M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and is pursuing a D. Min. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Pressley and his wife Connie have two sons.
The newly elected president won over the six candidates that entered the race on Tuesday evening (June 11) in a first ballot that counted 8,970 votes with 15 disallowed.
