# Jerry Sutton

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Dr. **Jerry Sutton** is an American [Southern Baptist](/source/Southern_Baptist) pastor, historian, and administrator. His [theology](/source/Theology) is best described as conservative and [evangelical](/source/Evangelicalism).

## Biography

### Early life

He earned a PhD in church history from the [Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary](/source/Southwestern_Baptist_Theological_Seminary).

### Career

He served at Two Rivers Baptist Church in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville,_Tennessee), for twenty-two years and retired on August 3, 2008. The church averaged approximately 2,000 in average weekly attendance over the course of his pastorate.

In 1999, he led the Summit for the New Millennium which was designed to coordinate missionary efforts and church support in the [10/40 window](/source/10/40_window), a region defined as having high socioeconomic challenges and low access to the Christian message and resources. He served as the president of Southern Baptist Pastor's Conference in 2000 and was first Vice President of the [Southern Baptist Convention](/source/Southern_Baptist_Convention) in 2005. During the 2006 Tennessee Baptist Convention, he led a movement amongst Tennessee Baptist to affirm the [Baptist Faith and Message](/source/Baptist_Faith_and_Message) 2000 edition when he proposed that all appointees of the Convention’s Committee on Committees and the Convention’s Committee on Boards be asked if they affirmed the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 edition.[1]

He served as the first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention from June 2005 to June 2006. In June 2006, he announced he would allow himself to be nominated for the Presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention after being repeatedly asked to run by other Southern Baptists.[2] He made this announcement only a few days prior to the election at the Southern Baptist Convention in [Greensboro, North Carolina](/source/Greensboro,_North_Carolina). He ran against two other candidates, Frank Page of South Carolina and [Ronnie Floyd](/source/Ronnie_Floyd) of Arkansas. He placed third with 24.08% of the overall vote.[3]

In 2009 Sutton joined the faculty at [Liberty University](/source/Liberty_University) in [Lynchburg, Virginia](/source/Lynchburg,_Virginia), and wrote the *Primer on Biblical Preaching*. He took the position of Vice President of Academic Development and Dean of the Faculty at [Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary](/source/Midwestern_Baptist_Theological_Seminary) in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City,_Missouri), in 2010.[4]

### Personal life

He is married to Fern, a professional Christian therapist, and has two daughters.[citation needed]

## Bibliography

- *The Baptist Reformation*
- *The Way Back Home*
- *A Matter of Conviction*
- *A Primer on Biblical Preaching*
- Lectures From the Gates of Hell

## References

1. [Tenn. convention affirms Baptist Faith and Message 2000](http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=24471) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20061129003749/http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=24471) 2006-11-29 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Two Rivers pastor runs for Baptist presidency](http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060608/NEWS06/606080384/1023/NEWS)

1. [Frank Page elected SBC president](http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=23449) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120205065901/http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=23449) 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary – MBTS"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111103102124/http://www.mbts.edu/news/article/sutton_assumes_interim_dean_and_vp_of_academics_at_mbts). Archived from [the original](http://www.mbts.edu/news/article/sutton_assumes_interim_dean_and_vp_of_academics_at_mbts) on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

## External links

- [Two Rivers Baptist Church](http://www.tworivers.org)
- [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20120902194452/http://www.mbts.edu/about/leadership_team)

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