VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – Daniel Weiss, general secretary of American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. since 1988, says he will retire from the post Aug. 31.
Weiss, 62, will step down after completing his third four-year term as the top aid executive in the 1.5 million-member denomination, American Baptist News Service reported.
“I am so grateful to God and to American Baptists for the privilege of serving over these years,” Weiss wrote in a letter announcing his retirement to ABC/USA president Trinett McCray.
An official at the denomination’s headquarters in Valley Forge, Pa., said Weiss decided to step down this year instead of seeking another four years of responsibilities.
Communications Office Director Richard Schramm said it is a “logical time” for Weiss to retire.
A former seminary professor and president, Weiss and his wife, Rachel, said they plan to live at homes in Florida and Massachusetts in retirement.
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