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June 28, 2012: Jerry Rankin: Down Home in Mississippi: SBC–Illusion of Unity
Sept 6, 2009: Baptist Press: IMB leader Jerry Rankin announces retirement
-International Mission Board President Jerry Rankin announced today (Sept. 16) he will retire July 31, 2010, ending a 17-year tenure marked by sweeping organizational changes and a steady personal calling.
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  • - Down Home in Mississippi -

  • Appointed missionary to Indonesia in June 1970.
  • General evangelist in East Java and Surabaya, Indonesia.
  • Associate to the area director for South and Southeast Asia, Jan. 1, 1982 July 31, 1986, based in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Administrator for Southern Baptist mission work in India, August 1986 May 1987.
  • Area Director for Southern Asia and Pacific, May 31, 1987 June 14, 1993. Based in Singapore, he oversaw the work of 480 missionaries in 15 nations.
  • President of the International Mission Board June 14, 1993 – July 31, 2010.