The North American Baptist Fellowship installed Emmett Dunn to a three-year term as president Jan. 10 during an online meeting of the fellowship’s executive committee.
Dunn is the executive secretary-treasurer of Lott Carey, a historically African American missions organization. He was elected by the fellowship at its annual meeting in Falls Church, Va., in October.
He succeeds Samuel C. Tolbert Jr., pastor of Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Lake Charles, La., president of the National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc., and vice president of the Baptist World Alliance.
As part of the leadership transition in the regional fellowship, Craig Christina, acting executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, now is one of two vice presidents.
Trisha Miller-Manarin, executive director/minister of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention, also will serve as a vice president.
TaNikka Sheppard, past president of BWA Women, assumes the dual role of treasurer and assistant general secretary.
Jeremy Bell, executive minister for Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, continues as general secretary of the regional fellowship.
The North American Baptist Fellowship—a regional body in the BWA—represents 22 Baptist conventions, unions and missions societies in the United States and Canada. Its member organizations include close to 20 million members of 55,000 congregations.
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