Randles named BGCT evangelism director

Posted: 5/24/07

Randles named BGCT evangelism director

By Ken Camp

Managing Editor

DALLAS—Jon Randles—an evangelist, campus Bible study leader, motivational speaker and former Texas pastor—has been named evangelism director for the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Randles assumes his new duties on the BGCT missions, evangelism and ministries staff effective June 1.

Before he founded the Jon Randles Evangelistic Association, he was pastor of Indiana Avenue Baptist Church in Lubbock from 1988 to 1993. During his time at the Lubbock church, it grew from 657 to 3,463 members and baptized 620 people.

Previously, he was pastor of Oak Street Baptist Church in Graham and View Baptist Church in Abilene.

Randles helped launch the popular Thursday evening Paradigm Bible study at Texas Tech University in 1997. He has been a frequent speaker at Fellowship of Christian Athletes events, including the FCA national leadership camps.

He is a graduate of Hardin-Simmons University and has served as a trustee for the school. He holds a master of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he completed class work toward a doctorate in history at Texas Tech.

Randles and his wife, Kelly, are members of First Baptist Church in Frisco. They have three children: Zack, student minister at First Baptist Church in Grapevine; Sam, a musician in Dallas; and Hayley, a student at the University of North Texas in Denton.

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