Morris Chapman
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President George W. Bush meets with the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention in the Oval Office at the White House. Pictured with the President are Dr. Morris Chapman, left, Dr. Frank Page and his wife Dayle Page.
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21 November 1940 Kosciusko, Mississippi |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Website | http://www.morrischapman.com |
Morris H. Chapman (born 21 November 1940) was elected president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee on 1 October 1992. In September 2009 he announced that he would retire from this position effective 30 September 2010.
Chapman was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on 21 November 1940. He graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi (1963) and earned the Master of Divinity (1968) and Doctor of Ministry (1975) degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He was awarded three honorary degrees, the Doctor of Sacred Theology, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri (1985); the Doctor of Divinity, Mississippi College (1992); and the Doctor of Sacred Theology, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona (2005).
He served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Rogers, Texas (1967-1969), First Baptist Church of Woodway in Waco, Texas (1969-1974), and First Baptist Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico (1974-1979), where he also served as president of the New Mexico Baptist Convention (1976-1978). He became pastor of First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, Texas (1979-1992), and was president of the 1986 SBC Pastors’ Conference in Atlanta.
In June 1990, the theologically conservative Chapman, then still based in Wichita Falls, defeated the "moderate" Baptist choice, the Reverend Daniel Vestal of Dunwoody near Atlanta, Georgia for the SBC presidency. The vote was 21,471 (58 percent) to 15,753 (42 percent).
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