Dear NBA members and friends,

The board of directors would like to introduce our candidate elect for the Executive Director position of the Nashville Baptist Association, Bob Bickford.

Bob brings a wide variety of church and denominational experience to Nashville, having served as the Chairman of the Church Revitalization team of the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association. He led in the development of the Resound Network, a collaborative network of Associations in the state of Missouri, and he served as the Associate Director of Replant for the North American Mission Board.

He has authored several resources including, Am I a Replanter?, Pathways to Partnership, and the Associational Replanting Guide. For nine years he pastored The Groves Church in suburban St. Louis, which was a Replant of Sherwood Baptist Church.

He and his wife have three adult children and five grandchildren. They make their home in East Nashville.

We will have a special called business meeting to vote on Bob June 2, 2024, at 6pm at Grace Baptist in North Nashville (1510 Old Hickory Blvd 37207).

We would also like to invite you to come to the NBA office to meet Bob informally. Two times are available: May 22, 2024 from 11-1 or May 23, 2024 from 4-6.

Jeff Mims, Chairman of the Board