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SBC President's Page - Biography
Dr. Frank
S. Page
President
of the Southern Baptist Convention 2006
 Brief
Biography:
Dr. Frank S. Page, Pastor of First Baptist
Church of Taylors and President of the Southern Baptist Convention,
is a native of Robbins, North Carolina. He is married to the former Dayle
Gibson of Huntersville, North Carolina, and is the father of
three daughters. He has been pastor of First Baptist Church
of Taylors, South Carolina since 2001.
Dr. Page holds the Ph.D. degree from Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. This degree, received at
age 28, is in the field of Christian Ethics focusing on moral,
social, and ethical issues. Prior to that, he received
the Master of Divinity degree, also from Southwestern Seminary. He
also received the Bachelor of Science degree with honors from
Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina, with a major in Psychology
and minors in Sociology and Greek.
Dr. Page's speaking experience includes revivals,
Bible conferences, family life conferences, lecture series at colleges
and seminary chapels, and evangelism training conferences across
the nation and overseas. His speaking engagements have taken
him around the world to such places as Germany, Norway, Mexico,
Israel, Ecuador, Australia, Nigeria, Brazil, Canada, and Africa.
He has also taught adjunctively for both Southeastern and Southwestern
seminaries.
Dr. Page is the author of several books and
many articles. Among
his books, Trouble with the Tulip, an examination
of the five points of Calvinism, and Jonah, written for
the Broadman and Holman Press release, The New American Commentary. He
wrote the Commentary on Mark for the Sunday School Board
of the Southern Baptist Convention, as well as a booklet for
the Stewardship Commission entitled, The Witnessing and Giving
Life. He is the lead writer for the Advanced Continuing
Witness Training material. Dr. Page has also written
articles for several magazines, theological journals, etc.
As pastor of the 4,300+ member First Baptist Church
of Taylors, located in suburban Greenville County, Dr. Page has
seen tremendous growth, reaching an average worship attendance exceeding
2,400 and over 1,800 in Sunday School attendance. Taylors
First has dramatically increased its ministries and outreach to
the surrounding community as well as national and international
missions. The church's purpose is to, "love the Lord
as we lead others to the same love." Taylors First has
become a leader in the state of South Carolina in missions involvement
as well as in missions giving. Its innovative community ministries
are truly touching the Greenville area for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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