On Aug. 18, Jonathan Howe was named the new interim president and CEO of the Executive Committee. SBC bylaws state that the person who fills this position must be selected by EC officers from the current EC vice presidents.
The EC said in a statement that Howe will serve in this role “in partnership with the officers until our next trustee meeting on September 18-19. At that trustee meeting the full board of trustees will elect, without restrictions, a continuing interim president/CEO.”
 of the Southern Baptist Convention is conducting an investigation into the resignation of former interim EC president and CEO Willie McLaurin. McLaurin resigned from the EC on Aug. 17 after it came to light he had lied on his résumé.){kind=link}