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List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people

This list List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people includes notable individuals who are or were members of a church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) or who are otherwise affiliated with the SBC.

Presidents, preachers, theologians, authors and missionaries

Deceased

George Washington Truett (1867–1944) - Served as the President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1927 to 1929, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, President of the Baptist World Alliance, as a minister and writer

Living

Entertainers

Politicians

  • William David Upshaw (D-GA) - Congressman for Georgia's 5th district (1919-1927); Evangelist and prominent defender of the KKK SBC Vice President in 1927
  • Sharron Angle (R-NV) – Member of the Nevada Assembly (2003–2007); lost U.S. Senate race in 2010 to Harry Reid
  • Robert J. Bentley (R-AL) – U.S. Governor of Alabama (2011–2017)
  • Matt Bevin (R-KY) – Businessman and U.S. Governor of Kentucky (2015-2019)
  • Matt Blunt (R-MO) – Missouri Secretary of State (2001–2005) and Governor (2005–2009)
  • Brad Carson (D-OK) – U.S. Representative (2001–2005)
  • Travis Childers (D-MS) – U.S. Representative (2008–2011)
  • Tom Coburn (R-OK) – Southern Baptist ordained deacon, U.S. Representative (1995–2001), and U.S. Senator (2005–2014)
  • Doug Collins - (R-GA) - U.S. Representative (2013–2021)
  • Rick Crawford (R-AR) – U.S. Representative (2011–present)
  • Ted Cruz (R-TX) – U.S. Senator (2013–present)
  • Greg Davis (R-MS) – State Representative (1991–1997), Mayor (1997-present)
  • John Fleming (R-LA) – U.S. Representative (2009–2017)
  • Bill Flores (R-TX) – U.S. Representative (2011–2021)
  • Lindsey Graham (R-SC) – U.S. Senator (2003–present)
  • Tom Graves (R-GA) – U.S. Representative (2010–present)
  • Mike Huckabee - Southern Baptist Minister, governor of Arkansas, and Republican candidate in the 2008 and 2016 Presidential primaries
  • Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) – former US Congressman from San Diego County
  • Mike Johnson (R-LA) – current Speaker of the House (2023–present)
  • Ben Jones (D-GA) – former U.S. Representative from Georgia, also played Cooter Davenport in The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Larry Kissell (D-NC) – U.S. Representative (2009–2013)
  • Ronnie Musgrove (D-MS) – U.S. Lieutenant Governor (1996–2000) and Governor of Mississippi (2000–2004)
  • Sonny Perdue (R-GA) – Governor of Georgia (2003–2011), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
  • Scott Pruitt (R-OK) - Oklahoma Senator (1999-2007), Attorney General of Oklahoma (2011-2017), EPA Administrator (2017–2018)
  • Mark Pryor - (D-AR) U.S. Senator (2003–2015)
  • Chip Pickering (R-MS) – U.S. Representative (1997–2009)
  • Harry S. Truman (D-MO) – former President of the United States.
  • Roger Wicker (R-MS) – U.S. Senator (2007–present)
  • Steve Womack (R-AR) – U.S. Representative (2011–present)
  • Jason Zachary (R-TN) – State Representative (2015–present)
  • Randy Forbes (R-VA04) – U.S. Representative (2001–2017)
  • Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) – U.S. Representative (2007–present) and former Speaker of the House (2023)
  • Ron Paul (R-TX) – U.S. Representative (1976–1977, 1975–1989, 1997–2013)

Other

Ex-members

  • Alton Brown - celebrity chef and TV host.
  • Belinda Carlisle - singer. In an interview with Slash magazine, she described herself as a reject from a Southern Baptist household and is now a practicing Buddhist.
  • Jimmy Carter - former President of the United States. During his presidential campaign, Carter introduced the term "born-again" into mainstream American politics. Carter publicly identifies himself with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because of his differences with the conservative direction of the SBC leadership and beliefs. In 2000 he announced that he was severing all links with the Southern Baptist Convention because of what he viewed as gender discrimination.
  • Bill Clinton - former President of the United States. Raised Southern Baptist, but left the Convention due to disagreement with its conservative positions. Working with Jimmy Carter to conduct "Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant" meeting of over 30 liberal Baptist denominations and organizations in the US and Canada, which was held in Atlanta, January 30—February 1, 2008.
  • Kevin Costner - actor. Baptized at First Southern Baptist Church in Bakersfield, California as a boy.
  • Al Gore - Vice-President of the United States (1993–2001); Democratic presidential candidate in 2000. Gore was raised as a Southern Baptist, but like Carter and Clinton, he formally left the Southern Baptist Convention due to his disagreements with many of the SBC's conservative positions.
  • Bill Moyers - raised a Southern Baptist and educated at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Now a member of The Riverside Church in New York City, a dually-aligned American Baptist-United Church of Christ congregation. Press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson, later publisher of Newsday, and well-known journalist and TV commentator (CBS and PBS).
  • Brad Pitt - Famous television actor; raised Southern Baptist, now agnostic.
  • Britney Spears - Singer, dancer, actress. She sang in a Baptist church choir as a child, but later in life studied Kabbalist teachings.
  • Ethel Cain - Singer-songwriter. Grew up in the church as the daughter of a deacon, but in 2022 stated in a Tumblr post that she no longer considers herself Christian, but abides by the values she was taught.

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