Posted: 10/29/07
Tyler pastor elected first vice president
By Blake Killingsworth
Dallas Baptist University
AMARILLO—Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas elected Mike Massar, pastor of First Baptist Church in Tyler, as first vice president.
| Mike Massar |
Massar received 967 votes, compared to 257 for Lee Saunders, minister of church development at Garden Oaks Baptist Church in Houston.
Massar has been pastor in Tyler since 1997, previously serving for nine years as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Clemson, S.C.
A West Texas native, Massar grew up in Midland and received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University. completed graduate training at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Oxford University and the Graduate Theological Foundation at Notre Dame.
Massar has been active in Texas Baptist life, having served on several committees and boards, including as a member of the BGCT nominating committee, member of the East Texas Baptist University board of trustees and chair of the Christian Life Commission.
Massar was nominated for the position by Roger Paynter, pastor of First Baptist Church of Austin. Saunders was nominated by David Montoya, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Mineral Wells.
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