Florida pastor Tom Ascol announces candidacy for SBC president

 By Jonathan Howe - Posted at Baptist Press:

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (BP) – Founders Ministries President Tom Ascol announced his intention to run for SBC president Tuesday (March 22) in a story published at the Daily Wire, a conservative news site conceived and founded by political commentators Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing. The nomination was also announced through a post at the Founders Ministries website.

Ascol becomes the second announced candidate for the office. Florida pastor Willy Rice was announced as a candidate last month a day after current SBC President Ed Litton announced he would not seek a second term.

Ascol has pastored Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral since 1986. Prior to his time at Grace, he served as a pastor and associate pastor of various churches in Texas.

“I love the SBC and am grateful for all the wonderful things God has done in and through the Convention,” Ascol told Baptist Press in a phone interview. “I believe we are in need of a course correction so that regular Southern Baptist churches can have a voice and can help hold our institution and entities accountable to the churches that own them. If we don’t do this, then we will lose many opportunities to be united to spread the Gospel of Jesus around the world.”

The nomination announcement at the Founders website was signed by nearly a dozen Southern Baptists – many of whom are leaders in the Conservative Baptist Network – including current SBC First Vice President Lee Brand and Mike Stone, runner-up in last year’s election for SBC president.

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See also:

• Why I Am Willing to Be Nominated for SBC President (Founders Ministries)
• Tom Ascol Nominated for SBC President, Voddie Baucham Put up for Pastors' Conference President (Christian Headlines)