Baptist Assembly 2006 Elects New General Secretary

The Baptist Assembly has confirmed Rev Jonathan Edwards as the next Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) General Secretary, Friday 28th April 2006.

During the opening session of the annual gathering of the BUGB and BMS World Mission, the delegates overwhelmingly gave their support in voting Rev Edwards as the successor to Rev David Coffey.

The General Secretary is the highest representative of the Baptist Union in the UK, and Rev Edwards will take over from Rev Coffey, who is stepping down to fully focus on his position as the President of the Baptist World Alliance.

Mr Edwards (50) has served as a SWBA regional minister since 1998, and was appointed team leader in 2002. After studying law at St John’s College, Oxford, he trained for Baptist ministry at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. He served as a volunteer with the Church Missionary Society in Kerala, South India from 1980-82, and had pastorates in Bury St Edmunds and Orpington before moving to the South West