Meet Rick Lance...

Meet Dr. Rick Lance...

Dr. Rick Lance, executive director of State Board of Missions and treasurer of the Alabama Baptist Convention, is an integral cog in the mission and ministry of Southern Baptists. The state missionary’s vital leadership stretches to over 3,200 churches and over one million Baptists in Alabama. Before assuming his present duties, Dr. Lance pastored SBC churches for over three decades, leading churches like the 5000-member First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa. Dr. Lance has served in a number of denominational roles, including being a trustee, trustee chairman, state convention president, and most recently, President of the SBC Executive Directors Association.

Dr. Lance received a B.A. from Samford University in religion, and he earned his M.Div and Ed.D. at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Lance and his wife, Pam, are currently members at Vaughn Forest Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. They have two daughters.
Additional sermons, writings, and news articles pertaining to Dr. Lance’s ministry can be found at http://www.ricklance.com/.

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