Introduction

Dr. Bobby Welch is a past president of the Southern Baptist Convention (2004-2005), and the former pastor of First Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Fla. Under Dr. Welch’s leadership, FBC Daytona Beach strongly supported the Cooperative Program as a channel of Southern Baptist support for national and international missions and ministries, he led his church to a missions-minded awareness both in going and giving. He believes in supporting cooperative missions through the Cooperative Program and the two national missions offerings. He also led members of his congregation to experience the rich blessings of "going" to other places to do missions.

Dr. Welch is also widely known as the founder of the FAITH Sunday School Evangelism Strategy

Dr. Morris H. Chapman, president of the Executive Committee, said Dr. Welch is the “Southern Baptists’ ambassador to those leaders in other countries who are interested in building relationships as likeminded brothers and sisters in the Lord.”