Outsider Frank Page won the Southern Baptist Convention presidency. Must have been some connection problems on that celestial communication reported in the early stories about Ronnie Floyd’s candidacy, when another preacher, Johnny Hunt, said he was convinced Floyd was “the man God raised up” for the job.

Page, from South Carolina, got just over 50 percent on the first ballot. Floyd, pastor of giant churches in Springdale and Rogers, edged out a third candidate for second with about 25 percent of the vote.

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