Randy Adams, executive director of the Northwest Baptist Convention, intends to run for president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer, he announced Jan. 20 on his personal website. Adams also planned to run in 2020, before the SBC annual meeting was cancelled due to COVID-19.
“Although the 2020 Annual Meeting was cancelled, the rationale for my candidacy a year ago has only strengthened. The SBC is in CRISIS,” he wrote, citing “failures in accountability, self-dealing, top-down centralized strategies, and broken partnerships.”
“I am being nominated to serve as SBC president because I will confront these issues,” Adams said. “I will push for transparency and accountability at every opportunity and make great effort to crush corruption. The focus will be on the mission, with the Bible as our sole and final authority on all matters.”
Adams, who has served as state executive since 2013, previously led the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s church outreach team, and also pastored churches in Oklahoma and Texas. He joins three nominees who previously announced their intention to run: Southern Seminary President Al Mohler, Georgia pastor Mike Stone, and Alabama pastor Ed Litton.