CARY, N.C. – All three elected officers of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina will be nominated to serve second terms during this year’s annual meeting in Greensboro.

Quintell Hill (president), Jason Miller (first vice president) and J. Allen Murray (second vice president) will all be renominated for their respective offices when N.C. Baptists gather for the annual meeting, which is scheduled for Nov. 6-7 at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.

Hill, who planted and pastors Multiply Community Church in Monroe, will be nominated for a second term as president by Caroll Anthony, pastor of Philadelphia Baptist Church in Marshville. In a statement to the Biblical Recorder, Anthony called Hill “everything we could want in a president.”

“We want our churches to be lighthouses in their communities, to find ways to reach out and spread the gospel,” Anthony said. “Quintell is a product of a church who did just that. Although he had no experience with the church, a church in his community used basketball as a way to ‘draw him in.’ And he became a Christian because of that ministry. Because of this experience, Multiply Community Church where Quintell currently serves as pastor, is constantly looking for ways to reach out in their community.”

Hill, who became the first African-American elected president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina last fall, said he desires to see more churches across the state come together to advance the mission of God.

“My desire is to continue to encourage more churches to come to the table and join this movement of churches who are on mission together,” Hill said. “It’s been a high honor and a humbling experience to see God at work in churches throughout our state; in large and normative size churches.”

Miller, pastor of Dutch Cove Baptist Church in Canton, will be nominated for a second term as first vice president by Dennis Thurman, associational mission strategist for the Haywood Baptist Association in Clyde. Thurman described Miller as a leader who exhibits “grace and truth” in his life and ministry. 

“I have personally witnessed Jason Miller’s commitment to Biblical truth that is communicated graciously,” Thurman said. “You do not have to wonder where he stands on the crucial issues of the day. His feet are planted on firm doctrinal ground. Yet, Jason Miller is also capable of reaching out in a manner that is winsome as he shares the truth in love as Paul commands us.”

If re-elected, Miller said he would continue to work to help foster an “on mission together” spirit among N.C. Baptist churches.

“I am humbled to be nominated to continue serving North Carolina churches on mission together,” Miller said. “Serving our great convention of churches has been an incredible honor and a true blessing over the last year. I have witnessed what on mission together looks like…. This is what I am grateful to be a part of in our convention, and this is what I commit to continue to foster if given the opportunity to serve our North Carolina churches on mission together once again.”

Murray, pastor of Centerville Baptist Church in Kelly, will be nominated for a second term as second vice president by Michael Cloer, network mission strategist with the Cape Fear Network of Baptist Churches based in Wilmington. Cloer described Murray as a creative, servant leader of a normative-sized Baptist church who has a passion for the gospel and for missions.

“Allen does what most N.C. Baptist pastors do,” Cloer said. “He pours his heart and soul into pastoring that congregation that God has entrusted to him. He leads worship through song and guitar, and then preaches expository messages three times every week. He takes the gospel to the lost not only in his community, but around the world. He has led that church in a strategic partnership with Central America taking two volunteer mission trips even during the pandemic.”

Murray said serving N.C. Baptists this past year has been a blessing, and he is humbled and honored by the possibility of potentially serving again.

“Serving this past year has allowed me to meet so many of our wonderful brothers and sisters who endeavor together in our cooperative work, many of whom work without notoriety for the advancement of the Kingdom through their tireless service,” Murray said. “Being able to serve alongside our churches to be on mission together has been one of the greatest blessings of my life and ministry. It would be a privilege to serve North Carolina Baptists again in this role.”