Georgia pastor Brad Whitt to be nominated for president of SBC Pastors’ Conference

Published 4:06 pm Thursday, April 11, 2024

Brad Whitt, pastor of Georgia’s historic Abilene Baptist Church, will be in the running for president of the 2025 SBC Pastor’s Conference.

Dean Inserra, founding and lead pastor of CityChurch in Tallahassee, Fla., announced Tuesday that he plans to nominate Whitt, whose church gives 10% of its budget for Great Commission causes.

“He has displayed strong integrity, unwavering biblical convictions, and has shown himself to be about the kingdom of God and our cooperative efforts as Southern Baptists,” Inserra said.

Besides leading one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s oldest churches dating back some 250 years, Whitt was president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Pastors’ Conference in 2010 and has served on various SBC committees and boards.

Abilene Baptist Church, with a Sunday attendance of more than 1,200, received nearly $4.8 million in undesignated receipts last year and gave more than $136,000 through the Cooperative Program. Of the 10% of the church’s budget that goes to missions, nearly 3% goes through the Cooperative Program.

Whitt is the author of two books, Rooted and 40 Days of Refreshment. He has two earned doctorates, including a Ph.D. in preaching.