Willy Rice, Florida pastor and abuse crisis skeptic, elected SBC president
Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., in a sermon at the 2026 SBC Pastors’ Conference on Monday, June 8, 2026, in Orlando. (Photo by Luc Stringer/Baptist Press)
(RNS) — Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue that the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost its way in recent years.