8:15 Opening Worship

Mark Blair, Convention music director; music minister, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tennessee

8:25 Welcome and Call to Order

Steve Gaines, SBC president; senior pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tennessee

Announcement of Committee on Committees, Credentials Committee, Tellers, and Resolutions Committee

8:30 Welcome and Call to Order

Steve Gaines, SBC president; senior pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tennessee

8:30 Scripture and Prayer

Kevin Smith, executive director, Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware, Columbia, Maryland

8:35 Registration Report and Constitution of Convention

Don Currence, SBC registration secretary; minister of children and administration, First Baptist Church, Ozark, Missouri

8:38 Committee on Order of Business Report (First)

Grant Ethridge, chairman; senior pastor, LibertyLive.Church, Hampton Roads, Virginia.

8:43 Appreciation of Volunteers

Steve Gaines

8:45 Welcome to Dallas

Greg Abbott, governor, State of Texas

8:55 Honoring America and Recognition of Veterans

The Pledge of Allegiance

The National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner”

Worship - Mark Blair

9:10 Crossover Report

Joel Southerland, executive director of evangelism, North American Mission Board, Alpharetta, Georgia

9:15 GuideStone Financial Resources Report

O. S. Hawkins, president and CEO, GuideStone Financial Resources, Dallas, Texas

9:27 Introduction of New Motions (First)

Steve Gaines

9:42 Executive Committee Report (Part 1)

D. August Boto, interim president; executive vice president for convention policy, SBC Executive Committee, Nashville, Tennessee

10:12 Introduction of Past Presidents

Steve Gaines

10:17 Introduction of the President and Family

Randy C. Davis, president and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, Franklin, Tennessee

10:22 Prayer for the President

Bill Street, minister of evangelism and discipleship, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tennessee

10:27 Worship

Mark Blair

10:35 President’s Address

Steve Gaines