The president search committee of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) trustees recommended March 1 that Geoffrey A. Hammond become the agency’s next president. Hammond is senior associate director of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia.
NAMB’s full board of trustees will vote on the recommendation at a March 20–21 special called meeting in Alpharetta, Ga. If approved, Hammond would become NAMB’s president-elect, officially beginning his duties at the May 8–9 board meeting and starting full time May 22, according to committee Chairman Greg Faulls.
"Dr. Hammond has proven himself to be a successful leader, strategist and practitioner in church planting missions and evangelism throughout his ministry career," Faulls said.
Hammond, 49, was born in Nigeria to missionary parents serving with the Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board, or IMB). He earned the equivalent of a business degree in administration in Zimbabwe, passing the final examination of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators in the United Kingdom.
Hammond is a graduate of Spurgeon’s College in London and earned the doctor of ministry degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
He has served in various ministry roles throughout his career, including pastor, church planter, IMB missionary to Brazil, NAMB-appointed missionary and for the past five years, senior associate state executive.
"Hammond understands missions at every level. He has proven skills and experience planting churches and strategically directing church planting in associations and a state convention," Faulls said.
Hammond and his wife, Deborah, have two sons, Timothy and Nicholas. (NAMB)
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