October 2, 2026
NASHVILLE — The Southern Baptist Convention’s 86-member Executive Committee will meet in special session on May 1 to consider a presidential candidate to replace Ronnie Floyd who resigned last year.
The identity of the candidate will remain under wraps until after the meeting that’s set for noon at the Grand Hyatt DFW hotel in Dallas, Texas.
The Executive Committee said the meeting will be closed to the public.
“Over the last 14 months, the search team has diligently prayed, discussed and worked to identify the person we believe would best lead the SBC Executive Committee through its present challenges and into a brighter future for our Committee and Convention,” search committee chairman Adron Robinson said in a statement. “As a search team, we are confident the candidate we are presenting represents the humility, wisdom, administrative skill and Christlikeness necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee.”
Floyd, a longtime Southern Baptist pastor, was elected president of the Executive Committee in May 2019, presiding during the global COVID-19 pandemic. For 32 years, he was pastor at the influential Cross Church in Springdale, Ark.
He also served two consecutive terms as SBC president from 2014 through 2016.
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