Senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia.
Has a daughter Becky and a son Andy.
In 1988 he was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
He served for two terms as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1980s.
Senior pastor at First Baptist Church Atlanta. He was named Senior Pastor in 1971, becoming the 16th pastor at the historic church that was founded in 1848.