OXFORDSHIRE, England — The Council of the Baptist Union of Great Britain has nominated Jonathan Edwards as its next general secretary. The nomination followed the retirement announcement of former General Secretary David Coffey.
Coffey, president of the Baptist World Alliance, said he supported the nomination.
Edwards, 50, has served as a South West Baptist Association regional minister since 1998 and became a team leader for the group in 2002. Prior to serving with the Church Missionary Society in India, he studied law at St. John’s College, Oxford, and trained for Baptist ministry at Oxford’s Regent’s Park College. If approved by the Baptist Assembly in its April 28 meeting, Edwards will begin his new position next fall. The fifth-largest Christian denomination in the United Kingdom, the Baptist Union of Great Britain has more than 2,100 churches in England and Wales.
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