McBride, Brian TBC Co-Chairs

Jerold McBride, pastor of First Church, San Angelo, and Bill Brian, an attorney from Amarillo, have been named co-chairs of Texas Baptists Committed, succeeding Dean Dickens of Dallas and Mauriece Johnston of San Antonio.

McBride, pastor in San Angelo since 1971, is immediate past president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He is on The Baptist Standard board of directors and a member of the convention’s Effectiveness/ Efficiency Committee. McBride’s church gave 38.35 percent — $614,661 — to missions in 1996.

Brian, a member of First Church Amarillo, is an attorney in the Hinkle, Cox, Eaton and Coffield and Hensley law firm in Amarillo. He was chairman of The Baptist Standard Board from 1993– 1995, and is past chairman of the George W. Truett Theological Seminary Board of Advisors.

McBride, who was director of evangelism in Oklahoma prior to coming to Texas, is a graduate of Hardin-Simmons University and earned a masters and doctorate from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Brian is a graduate of Baylor University.

“McBride and Brian make a good team to represent and lead Texas Baptists Committed. They are pastor and layperson working together to support historic Baptist principles, the conservative leadership of the BGCT, and the Texas 2000 focus on missions and evangelism,” said David R. Currie, coordinator of TBC.

February 1997