We are excited that Jay Hardwick, pastor of Forest Hills Baptist Church from our association, has been elected to serve the next year as the President of the Tennessee Baptist Convention.

Jay became senior pastor of Forest Hills in December of 2020 and also currently serves as chairman of the Acts 2:17 Initiative Vision Team and is a trustee at Union University in Jackson. Prior to moving to Tennessee, he served as associate executive director/chief strategist of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.

As president, Pastor Jay will…
- Preside over next year’s TBC annual meeting in Murfreesboro.
- Serve as a director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
- Serve as an ex officio member of all TBMB committees and as a trustee of Convention institutions.

He will also play a key role in the rollout of the Acts 2:17 Initiative. The Acts 2:17 vision and priority statements that will guide further planning for the work of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and its related ministries were overwhelmingly approved yesterday by the TBC annual meeting messengers.

If you’d like to share a note of congratulations with Pastor Jay, you can send it to pastor@fhbc.org.

Michael Kelley
Executive Director