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Willy Rice Wins SBC Presidency, Criticizes Abuse Reforms, Trump Image

6/11/2026

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Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, Florida, with about 57 % of the vote.
He, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Florida, denounced recent sexual-abuse reform efforts as overreaching and resource-draining.
Rice condemned a President Donald Trump-related image portraying the president as Christ-like, calling it wrong while praying for him.

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Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, Florida, with about 57 % of the vote.
He, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Florida, denounced recent sexual-abuse reform efforts as overreaching and resource-draining.
Rice condemned a President Donald Trump-related image portraying the president as Christ-like, calling it wrong while praying for him.