Longtime California seminary president Jeff Iorg addresses members of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee during a meeting on Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Dallas, Texas, where he was named the next president and CEO of the committee. (Adam Covington/Baptist Press via AP)
Jeff Iorg, right, hugs presidential search team chair Neal Hughes, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Dallas, Texas, after Iorg was named the next president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee. (Adam Covington/Baptist Press via AP)
FILE - Delegates vote at the Southern Baptist Convention at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP, File)