About the Pastor

Senior Pastor -  John Thomas Green III (Tommy)

Personal:

Education:

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana
         Master of Divinity, May 1983
         Doctor of Theology, December 1989

Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
         Bachelor of Arts in Religion, May 1980 

Church Experience:

First Baptist Church of Brandon, Florida
     Senior Pastor, April 1996 – present

First Baptist Church of Buford, Georgia
     Senior Pastor, September 1988 – March 1996

Franklin Creek Baptist Church, Pascagoula, Mississippi
     Pastor, January 1985 – August 1988

Chesbrough Baptist Church, Kentwood, Louisiana
     Pastor, August 1982 – January 1985

First Baptist Church of Attalla, Alabama
     Youth Pastor May 1979 – December 1980

Denominational Work:

• Church Site Committee of Florida Baptist Convention – 2002 – present
• President of the Florida Baptist Convention, 2002-2004
• Board of Trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002 – present
• Chairperson, Board of Trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006-2008
• Committee on Committees, Southern Baptist Convention, 2004
• Credentials Committee, Southern Baptist Convention, 2002
• President of the State Board of Missions of the Florida Baptist Convention, 2000-2001, 2001-2002
• State Board of Missions of the Florida Baptist Convention, 1999 – 2005
• Chairman of the Nominating Committee for the Florida Baptist Convention, 2000
• Served various associational and state committees