Greg Alexander has been named to a key collegiate ministry position at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board.
Alexander, who has been director of Baptist collegiate ministry for the Illinois Baptist State Association since 1996, will become collegiate and young adult ministry emerging leader strategist in the Mission Board's emerging leaders team on June 6. He fills a position left vacant when Archie Turner retired last year.
“Greg is one of the top college ministry leaders in the country,” said John Upton, executive director of the Mission Board. “I am delighted we have been able to bring him on board.”
Susan McBride, team leader of the emerging leaders team, said, “We have truly experienced the presence of God as we have moved through the call journey with Greg and his wife, Roslyn. Greg brings a rich background in collegiate ministry and both Greg and Roslyn have an incredible love for students.
“Our vision is to build a collegiate ministry in Virginia that is second to none, and to take the lead nationally in moving collegiate ministry into the 21st century,” said McBride. “Virginia Baptists are intent on reaching this generation for Christ.”
Alexander was Baptist campus minister at the University of Illinois for six years before assuming leadership for Baptist collegiate ministry in the state in 1996. Prior to that he served five years as a youth and music minister at a Baptist church in Kansas City, Mo.
He has been active in starting churches, including an international student congregation and a Hispanic student congregation, both at the University of Illinois. He also claims a deep appreciation for cross-cultural missions, creating the position of international student coordinator for Baptist collegiate ministry in Illinois, developing mission partnerships between Illionois Baptists and Baptists in Kazahkstan and Bulgaria, and studying Arabic in the Middle East while on a summer sabbatical.
Alexander, who grew up in Washington, D.C., has a degree in music composition from the University of Maryland, a master of music degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and a master of religious education degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. He and Roslyn have two children.
Staff report