Tim Cox said his dad has long been his hero. He grew up under his preaching, and his dad was there when he surrendered his life to Christ. His dad also preached his wedding.

“The big markers in my life have always had Dad in place,” Tim Cox said.

That’s why it was even more special when Tim Cox was elected president of the Alabama Baptist State Convention on Nov. 14. He was following in the footsteps of his father, Henry Cox. Both men served as the convention’s second vice president for two terms, then first vice president for two terms, then president — the first father-son duo ever to serve through the ranks that way. (continued…)

Read the full article from The Alabama Baptist newspaper – https://www.thealabamabaptist.org/tim-cox-elected-state-convention-president-follows-in-fathers-footsteps/