JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Associated Baptist Press has named Tim Norton of Atlanta director of development for the independent news service.
Norton will provide leadership in developing new sources of annual revenue for ABP and will direct its fund-raising campaign, Dateline: Tomorrow.
Norton, 41, comes to ABP from the Lord's Day Alliance of the U.S., where he serves as executive director. Norton owns Crux Communication, a communications, marketing and development consulting firm based in Atlanta.
Norton will continue to live and work in Atlanta, explained Greg Warner, executive editor of ABP, which is based in Jacksonville, Fla. “This will place Tim in proximity to the majority of our supporters, who are spread out across the South,” Warner said. “Tim has already proven his deep commitment to the ministry of ABP and to maintaining a free press for Baptists. I really believe our friends and donors are going to respond to his enthusiasm and to our possibilities for growth.”
Norton fills a position left vacant since the 2001 resignation of Charles Qualls, who joined the staff of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Norton previously served as business manager for the Christian Index, the newsjournal of Georgia Baptists; associate vice president for development at Palm Beach Atlantic University; director of marketing and development at the Southern Baptist Brotherhood Commission; and associate director of marketing and development for the former Southern Baptist Home Mission Board.
A graduate of the University of Central Florida and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Norton is married to the former Dawn Shirley. The Nortons are the parents of one son, Luke, 9.
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