Diaconate

The Diaconate of First Baptist Church Greenville is comprised of 84 men and women elected to serve three-year terms. Approximately one-third of the deacons rotate off the Diaconate each year. In the spring, a seven-person deacon nominating committee is elected by the congregation. That committee then recommends a slate of nominees to fill the open seats. Deacons take office in January each year. Once a deacon has completed a full term, he or she is ineligible for re-election for two years.

The Diaconate meets on the first Monday of each month. It elects its own officers.

2008 Diaconate officers

Chair - Louise Stanford
Chair-elect - Greg Crowe
Secretary - John Long
Secretary-elect - Gwen Lee Smith

First Baptist Church Deacons

2006-2008
Ron Barbare
Marietta Bolt
Charlie Bryan
Arnold Burrell
Sylvia Clanton
Charles Douglass
Skip Foster
Joan Garrett
Connie Glass
Matt Good
Skip Hall
Tom Kirby
Brenda League
John Long
Duke McCall
Katie Mitchell
Bob Morris
Tom Nuckolls
John Smith
Judy Snyder
Louise Stanford
Michael Stogner
Nancy Strange
Wayne Weaver
Camp Wynn

2007-2009
Judson Boehmer
Cassandra Bray
Chip Brock
Tom Bruce
Anne Cargill
Cindy Clanton
Bob Cloaninger
Greg Crowe
Anne Garner
Rhonda Girvin
Ed Good
Tina Gulledge
Gordon Herring
Furman Hewitt
Janet Huskey
John Jones
Becky Ramsey
Oz Rogers
Joy Rohrbaugh
Gwen Smith
Carol Stilwell
Virgil Story
Gerald Stroud
Bert Taylor
Phil Watson
Susan Webb
Walt Wilkins
Jonathan Wright

2008-2010
Tom Atkinson, Jr.
Mary Bolt
Ralph Bouton
Dee Buford
Camille Chapman
Jim Childress
Cindy Craig
Tyrone Edwards
Jenice House
Kathy Hughes
Catherine Johnson
Dick Locke
Sara Mansbach
Anne Martin
Barbara McMaster
Gene Morin
Anne Poole
Mary Rankin
Bill Sarratt
Brian Shelley
Brooks Smith
Betty Stall
Tom Tuten
Jane Watkins
Art Young