Two Virginia Baptists were among six people inducted into the Mainstream Baptist Network Hall of Fame during its meeting Feb. 25-26 in Atlanta.
The inclusion recognizes those who “championed and maintained Baptist heritage and principles in time of conflict.”
The Virginians are John Upton, executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, and Timothy Norman, director of congregational relationships at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and an organizer of Virginia Baptists Committed.
Others are Kirby Godsey, president of Mercer University in Macon, Ga.; Joe and Frances Jones of Huntsville, Ala., editors of the Alabama Mainstream newsletter; Phil Lineberger, pastor of Williams Trace Baptist Church in Sugar Land, Texas; and W. Winfred Moore, Baylor University professor, retired pastor from Amarillo, Texas, and former moderate candidate for SBC president.
Associated Baptist Press