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Litton announces Chair, Vice Chair for Committee on Committees BY SCOTT BARKLEY
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klahoma pastor Jeremy Freeman and Florida ministry leader Amanda Stanton have been named as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Committee on Committees, Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton announced on August 31. The Committee on Committees will meet prior to next year’s June 14-15 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim. There, they will nominate members of the 2022 Committee on Nominations, who will nominate trustees for the boards of SBC entities in 2023.
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JEREMY FREEMAN
Freeman has served as lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Newcastle, Oklahoma, since 2009. As a student at Oklahoma Baptist University, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in religion before pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to arriving at First Newcastle, he served churches in Rogers, Arkansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I’m honored and excited to serve the SBC in this capacity,” he said. “Our denomination exists to stand firm on the truth of God’s Word, while
