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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3
BY SENATOR LONG
A RESOLUTION
To commend David Hankins upon his retirement as executive director of the Louisiana
Baptist Convention.
WHEREAS, David Hankins has served as executive director of the Louisiana Baptist
Convention (LBC) since 2005; and
WHEREAS, a native of California, Mr. Hankins was reared in Texas and graduated
from Dallas Baptist University as well as Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where
he earned a master's degree and a doctoral degree; and
WHEREAS, he was exposed to Christianity his entire life as his father was a Baptist
deacon and his grandfather was a Baptist preacher; and
WHEREAS, in 1963, at the age of thirteen, Mr. Hankins made a profession of faith,
and four years later committed himself to the Gospel ministry and became an ordained
minister; and
WHEREAS, from 1971 to 1985, he served a pair of Baptist churches in Texas and
then Mr. Hankins traveled to Louisiana where he grew the membership of Trinity Baptist
Church in Lake Charles from two thousand five hundred members to nearly three thousand
five hundred and baptized more than nine hundred members during that time; and
WHEREAS, he was also heavily involved in state and national denominational life
during that time and served as president of the state Pastors' Conference in 1995 and as chair
of the LBC Committee on Committees from 1989 to 1992; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hankins also chaired the 1991 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
Resolutions Committee and was chair of the SBC Executive Committee from 1991 to 1992;
and
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WHEREAS, upon leaving Trinity Baptist Church in 1996, he became vice president
for convention policy with the SBC Executive Committee, was named vice president for the
Cooperative Program in 1998 to expand involvement in supporting world missions and
ministry, and began his tenure as executive director with the LBC on February 1, 2005; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hankins has been married to his wife, Patty, since 1969 and they
have three grown sons, Andy, Eric, and Adam, and are members of the Philadelphia Baptist
Church in Alexandria; and
WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of our communities,
and the overall vitality of American society depends, in great measure, upon the dedication
of people like David Hankins; and
WHEREAS, David Hankins merits the highest commendation and sincere
congratulations for his exemplary service as executive director of the Louisiana Baptist
Convention and for his faithful leadership and devotion to its members.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate David Hankins on the occasion of his retirement as
executive director of the Louisiana Baptist Convention; record and recognize his numerous
contributions to this state; extend to him much appreciation for his long, dedicated, and
generous service; and express sincere wishes for health and happiness in all of his future
endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
David Hankins.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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