This list List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people includes notable individuals who are or were members of a church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) or who are otherwise affiliated with the SBC.
Presidents, preachers, theologians, authors and missionaries
Deceased
Annie Armstrong (1850–1938) - instrumental in founding the Woman's Missionary Union
Lottie Moon (1840–1912) - Missionary to China with the Foreign Mission Board (the SBC's annual Christmas offering for international missions is named for her)
Edgar Young Mullins (1860–1928) - Minister and educator, fourth president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
J. Frank Norris (1877–1952) - Preacher, left the SBC for the Independent Baptist movement, one of the most controversial figures in the history of fundamentalism
Cicero Washington Pruitt (1857–1946) - One of the first missionaries to Northern China, ordained minister at the age of fourteen, and textual translator
Homer Edwin Young - President of the Southern Baptist Convention (1992–1994), serves as Head Pastor of Second Baptist Church Houston, is an author, and is the creator of the broadcast ministry, the Winning Walk
Paul Washer (born 1961) - evangelist and preacher, founder of the HeartCry Missionary Society
Entertainers
Mark Carman - Singer, musician, composer, writer, producer
William David Upshaw (D-GA) - Congressman for Georgia's 5th district {1919-1927); Evangelist and prominent defender of the KKK SBC Vice President in 1927
Belinda Carlisle - singer. In an interview with Slash magazine, she described herself as a reject from a Southern Baptist household and is now a practicing Buddhist.
Jimmy Carter - former President of the United States. During his presidential campaign, Carter introduced the term "born-again" into mainstream American politics. Carter publicly identifies himself with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because of his differences with the conservative direction of the SBC leadership and beliefs. In 2000 he announced that he was severing all links with the Southern Baptist Convention because of what he viewed as gender discrimination.[3]
Bill Clinton - former President of the United States. Raised Southern Baptist, but left the Convention due to disagreement with its conservative positions.[4] Working with Jimmy Carter to conduct "Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant" meeting of over 30 liberal Baptist denominations and organizations in the US and Canada, which was held in Atlanta, January 30—February 1, 2008.[5][6]
Al Gore - Vice-President of the United States (1993–2001); Democratic presidential candidate in 2000. Gore was raised as a Southern Baptist, but like Carter and Clinton, he formally left the Southern Baptist Convention due to his disagreements with many of the SBC's conservative positions.
Brad Pitt - Famous television actor; raised Southern Baptist, now agnostic.
Britney Spears - Singer, dancer, actress. She sang in a Baptist church choir as a child, but later in life studied Kabbalist teachings.
Ethel Cain - Singer-songwriter. Grew up in the church as the daughter of a deacon, but in 2022 stated in a Tumblr post that she no longer considers herself Christian, but abides by the values she was taught growing up.[7]