Installed June 2010 Successor Fred Luter Nationality American Predecessor Johnny Hunt | Occupation Pastor, author Term ended June 2012 Name Bryant Wright | |
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Church Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia Denomination Southern Baptist Convention Alma mater University of South Carolina Education University of South Carolina Residence Marietta, Georgia, United States Books Seeds of Turmoil: The Biblic, Right From the Heart: Turning Y, One Minute of Your Day, One Minute of Your Time: Rig | ||
Jewish voice extended interview with bryant wright october 10 2011
Bryant Wright is senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia. He served as elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) from June 2010 to June 2012. He succeeded Johnny Hunt, who had served two one-year terms. Wright was succeeded as SBC president by Fred Luter.
Contents
- Jewish voice extended interview with bryant wright october 10 2011
- 3 17 2015 dr bryant wright senior pastor johnson ferry baptist church marietta georgia
- Biography
- References
3 17 2015 dr bryant wright senior pastor johnson ferry baptist church marietta georgia
Biography
Wright was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of South Carolina in 1974 and a Master of Divinity from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1980.
He received honorary doctorates from SEFOVAN Seminary, Madrid, Spain - June 2007 and University of South Carolina - May 2011.
In 1981, he became Senior Pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in northwest metro Atlanta, with more than 8,000 members as of 2012. As of January, 2012, Johnson Ferry had average worship attendance of over 4,600. In 1992, he founded Right From The Heart Ministries, a radio, television and internet ministry that airs 30- to 60-second inspirational spots on secular radio and television.
Wright is a strong supporter of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force established by his predecessor, which issued a report that calls for rejuvenation of the SBC with greater emphasis on evangelism. He has called on pastors to try to make more Cooperative Program funding available for missions to unreached people around the world. He has said he dreams of seeing every Southern Baptist pastor and church take at least one mission trip. But this last year he publicly declared his support for Syrian immigrants of the Muslim faith which may be recognition one need not spend lots of travel money to have a large population to feed upon. Wright calls himself "a follower of Jesus Christ that believes the Bible" and says "I really don't believe that human beings are ever going to completely reconcile the sovereignty of God and the free will of man". At the 2011 Southern Baptist Convention, Wright joined Tom Elliff, IMB president, in challenging Southern Baptist churches to claim responsibility by the 2012 SBC annual meeting for reaching all 3,800 unengaged, unreached people groups (UUPG). A UUPG is a distinct people group somewhere in the world with no believers and no one trying to reach them with the gospel.