Jerry Vines Blog
When I was a young pastor I moved a lot. In fact, I averaged 16 months at each of my first 4 churches! The word on me was, “Vines is a fair preacher, but he doesn’t stay anywhere very long.” Then I went to First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida and stayed almost 24 years. I just said, “I hadn’t got where I was going yet!”
Well, I’m on the move again.
For the last 4 years I have preached 12 Sunday nights a year at First Baptist...
I was elected president of the SBC in 1988. Some half-jokingly said I was the first independent Baptist in history elected president! Actually, all my roots are in Southern Baptist life. I was saved, called to preach, educated, and served in only Southern Baptist churches.
In the earlier years several of us were so concerned about liberalism in the SBC we thought we might indeed become independents. Adrian Rogers and I talked about it frequently. Of course, you know the...
