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SBC Presidential Addresses

The President of the Southern Baptist Convention gives a sermon/address at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. This site includes the manuscript of the addresses 1853, 1919-1923, 1939 and 1951-2018, with some missing years. The largest gap happens from 1854-1918. The addresses were usually submitted by the president to the Executive Committee for inclusion in the Press Kit, which was made available to the press covering the SBC meeting. In some years, the presidential address was published in the SBC Annual.


  • 1853 R. B. C. Howell
  • 1919 J B Gambrell
  • 1922 E. Y. Mullins
  • 1923 E. Y. Mullins
  • 1939 L. R. Scarborough
  • 1950 R. G. Lee
  • 1951 R. G. Lee
  • 1954 J. W. Storer
  • 1955 J. W. Storer
  • 1956 C. C. Warren
  • 1957 C.C. Warren
  • 1958 Brooks Hays
  • 1959 Brooks Hays
  • 1960 Ramsey Pollard
  • 1961 Ramsey Pollard
  • 1962 Herschel Hobbs
  • 1963 Herschel Hobbs
  • 1965 Wayne Dehoney
  • 1966 Wayne Dehoney
  • 1967 Franklin Paschall
  • 1968 Franklin Paschall
  • 1969 W. A. Criswell
  • 1970 W. A. Criswell
  • 1971 Carl Bates
  • 1972 Carl Bates
  • 1973 Owen Cooper
  • 1974 Owen Cooper
  • 1975 Jaroy Weber
  • 1976 Jaroy Weber
  • 1977 James Sullivan
  • 1978 Jimmy Allen
  • 1979 Jimmy Allen
  • 1980 Adrian Rogers
  • 1981 Bailey Smith
  • 1982 Bailey Smith
  • 1983 Jimmy Draper
  • 1984 Jimmy Draper
  • 1991 Morris Chapman
  • 1992 Morris Chapman
  • 1995 Jim Henry
  • 1996 Jim Henry
  • 1997 Tom Elliff
  • 1999 Paige Patterson
  • 2000 Paige Patterson
  • 2001 James Merritt
  • 2002 James Merritt
  • 2003 Jack Graham
  • 2004 Jack Graham
  • 2005 Bobby Welch
  • 2006 Bobby Welch
  • 2007 Frank Page
  • 2008 Frank Page
  • 2009 Johnny Hunt
  • 2010 Johnny Hunt
  • 2011 Bryant Wright
  • 2012 Bryant Wright
  • 2013 Fred Luter
  • 2014 Fred Luter
  • 2015 Ronnie Floyd
  • 2016 Ronnie Floyd
  • 2017 Steve Gaines
  • 2018 Steve Gaines

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