Jerry Sutton

He earned a PhD in church history from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He served at Two Rivers Baptist Church, in Nashville, Tennessee for twenty-two years and retired on August 3, 2008.

In 1999, he led the Summit for the New Millennium which was designed to coordinate missionary efforts and church support in the 10/40 window.

[2] He made this announcement only a few days prior to the election at the Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina.

He ran against two other candidates, Frank Page of South Carolina and Ronnie Floyd of Arkansas.