Alaska Baptist elect Baldwin new leader

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Baptists elected David Baldwin as their new executive director during their Aug. 8-9 annual meeting at Rabbit Creed Community Church in Anchorage.

Baldwin, current director of evangelism/church growth for the Alaska Baptist Convention, was elected without opposition following a brief presentation from the search committee during the convention’s opening session.

Baldwin, a 20-year veteran of work in Alaska, served previously as pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Fairbanks and as director of missions for the Tanana Valey Baptist Association before joining the Alaska convention’s staff.

The Alaska convention reported it has 66 churches, which sponsor 29 missions, 12 preaching points and numerous Bible studies. Total resident membership in 1999 was 10,096. The churches reported 659 baptisms and 783 other additions during the year, had $9,640,777 in total receipts, and gave $1,302,039 in Cooperative Program and various missions gifts.