Charles Davenport, nominee for first vice president

Charles Davenport, pastor of First Baptist Church, Tulia, will be nominated for first vice president at the annual meeting in Amarillo. Davenport will be nominated by long time friend Grayson Glass, Director of Missions of the Gulf Coast Baptist Association.

“I have been friends with Charles Davenport a long time,” Glass said, “and I respect him greatly. Charles Davenport has been active in every phase of convention work. He is committed to our purpose as a Baptist organization. I have worked side-by-side with him for years, and think he is an outstanding person and believe he will make an outstanding vice president.”

Davenport has served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Tulia, south of Amarillo, for 20 years. He was baptized, licensed, and ordained in Amarillo. He holds an undergraduate degree from West Texas State University in Canyon, and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as Vice Chairman of the BGCT executive board. He is currently a member of the Administrative Committee of the BGCT and a trustee at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview.

Davenport said he would “seek to serve with integrity” if elected. “I believe Texas is setting the example of fairness and inclusiveness and I would seek to continue this style of leadership.”

September 1994