ATLANTA (ABP) — Hal Bass, a professor at Ouachita Baptist University, has been nominated for the position of moderator-elect for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the group's nominating committee has announced.
The panel has also recommended Joanne Carr of Georgia for CBF's recorder position. Both officer nominees will be presented for a vote June 20 by attendees at the organization's annual General Assembly, scheduled for Memphis, Tenn.
Bass, CBF's current recorder, is a native of Corpus Christi, Texas. A graduate of Baylor University and Vanderbilt University, he teaches political science and is dean of the school of social sciences the Arkadelphia, Ark., school. Ouachita is the flagship institution of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention.
Bass is a member of the First Baptist Church of Arkadelphia and has served on CBF coordinating councils at the national and state level.
“I am honored and humbled to be presented with this opportunity for service on CBF's behalf,” Bass said, adding that he looks forward to helping support congregations and individuals “seeking to embrace the world in Christ's name.”
The moderator-elect's chief responsibility is to preside in the moderator's absence over the annual meeting and meetings of the CBF Coordinating Council. The moderator-elect then automatically succeeds the moderator at the conclusion of a one-year term.
North Carolina pastor Jack Glasglow is the current moderator-elect. He will assume the office of moderator on June 20 at the conclusion of the General Assembly.
Harriet Harral, the Fellowship's current moderator, will assume the immediate past moderator position in June. The chief duty of the immediate past moderator is to chair the nominating committee.
Carr, the recorder nominee, retired as a director for the Augusta (Ga.) Veterans Administration Medical Center in 2005 and now serves as a consultant with Resource Services Incorporated, a Christian organization based in Dallas. A member of First Baptist Church of Augusta, Carr currently serves as a member of the Coordinating Council.
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