J.B. Graham to retire from New York convention

EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After 50 years of ministry, including 38 years of denominational service, J.B. Graham has announced his retirement as executive director-treasurer of the Baptist Convention of New York. Graham, who has been at the New York convention since 1997, said he is grateful for the experiences he has had while serving churches in New York state, southwestern Connecticut and northern New Jersey.

Before moving to New York, Graham was an associate vice president at the Home Mission Board (now North American Mission Board) from 1989 until 1997. He also served the board as assistant vice president in the missions section and in the church extension section, missionary personnel department and the associational missions division. Before joining the Home Mission Board staff in Atlanta in 1976, Graham was a missionary with the board’s department of rural-urban missions, serving as director of missions for the Susquehanna Baptist Association in Maryland.

Graham’s retirement takes effect Nov. 5 at the close of the 35th annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New York.