WASHINGTON — Auburn graduate Jere Allen, executive director of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention since 1992, has announced his retirement, which will become effective at the end of this year.
In a June 5 letter to the executive board of the D.C. convention, Allen said: “I will be nearing 67 years of age when I retire. And this will be the end of the implementation of a vision-based strategic plan for the years 1993-2000. I am pleased with the results of that plan and believe its implementation has been the centerpiece of my time with you.”
Lynn Bergfalk, president of the convention, will chair a search committee and expects to have a successor named by the time Allen leaves office.
The convention is aligned with both the Southern Baptist Convention and the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.
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