The Baptist World Alliance named Tim McCoy, former executive minister of Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Québec, as director of its new Global NxtGen Leadership Initiative.
BWA created the position to develop and implement a strategic new BWA initiative for leaders ages 18 to 35. The aim of this initiative is to enhance existing programs with BWA member partners around the world and provide an additional global opportunity to strengthen the skills and experience of next-generation leaders.
McCoy also will serve as team leader for the NxtGen Leadership Summit, where the initiative will be launched in July 2025. The summit will be offered July 7-8 next year as a pre-conference leading up to the 23rd Baptist World Congress in Brisbane, Australia, convening July 9-12.
“We are blessed to welcome a seasoned leader like Tim to our BWA team and anticipate how the Lord will use his gifts to engage young leaders and further God’s global mission,” BWA General Secretary Elijah Brown said.
“As a participant myself in the BWA’s first emerging leaders initiative 20 years ago, I am excited to see next-generation leaders from around the world experience the joys of learning, serving, and growing with our global family and us with them.”
McCoy has served in various church and denominational ministry roles since 1994. He was ordained in 1995 and served more than a decade as the associate pastor for youth ministry and leadership at Independence Hill Baptist Church in Mecklenburg County, N.C.
He relocated to Canada in 2006 to serve as the director of youth ministries for Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Québec. During his four years in the role, he coached and mentored 65 full-time and part-time youth ministry leaders and managed conferences for youth and youth workers.
From 2010 to 2023, he led Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Québec as executive minister, serving 320 churches by providing resources, leadership development and spiritual guidance.
“I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve God by serving the BWA family. It is an exciting venture to work with global leaders to find and make known the high-capacity young leaders in our Baptist family,” McCoy said.
He also has held international leadership roles with North American Baptist Fellowship, one of the six regional fellowships of the Baptist World Alliance, as well as serving as a member of the BWA Youth Committee, its Executive Committee and the BWA Commission on Transformational Leadership.
McCoy holds a Master of Arts degree in Christian education, organizational leadership and structural change from Pfeiffer University in North Carolina and a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion, communications and journalism from Mars Hill University.
In addition to his role with the BWA, McCoy serves as interim director of the Mentored Ministry program and an adjunct lecturer at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Canada. He and his wife Julie live in Nova Scotia.
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