Jim Richards

Jim Richards pastored more than twenty years, having served as an associational Director of Missions and traveling and ministering in fifty states and nineteen countries. His background includes serving as the first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention and executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention since its founding in 1998. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Mid-America Baptist...See more

Jim Richards pastored more than twenty years, having served as an associational Director of Missions and traveling and ministering in fifty states and nineteen countries. His background includes serving as the first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention and executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention since its founding in 1998. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. The Criswell College awarded him the Doctor of Divinity in 2013. See less