LYNCHBURG, Va. — David Washburn, a Waynesboro, Va., pastor and former banker who has chaired the Baptist General Association of Virginia’s budget committee for two years, will be nominated as treasurer of the BGAV and the Virginia Baptist Mission Board in November.
If elected, David Washburn will be the BGAV’s new treasurer.
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The Mission Board approved the nomination of Washburn, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Waynesboro, during its Oct. 8-9 meeting, held at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center near Lynchburg, Va. If elected by the BGAV at its annual meeting Nov. 12-13 in Fredericksburg, Va., he will assume his new role Dec. 1.
Washburn would succeed Eddie Stratton, who will retire Dec. 31. The two would have about a month of overlap to create a smooth transition. Stratton will continue to be the Mission Board’s chief development officer.
“This process has been a continual affirmation for me and my family,” Washburn told Mission Board members. “At each step we have felt an overwhelming call to this role. … I’m excited about this next step in our lives together.”
Washburn has been pastor of the 1,200-member Waynesboro church since 2005. Earlier he was on the staff of Chestnut Grove Baptist Church in Earlysville, initially as associate pastor and then for seven years as senior pastor.
From 1989 to 1995 he was assistant vice president of First Union National Bank in Cary and Wilmington, N.C. There he supervised an eight-person team which earned a top 10 ranking among the bank’s 260 branches.
In addition to budget committee responsibilities, Washburn has chaired the BGAV’s committee on boards and committees and currently is a trustee of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He recently completed terms on the coordinating councils of both the national Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the CBF of Virginia.
He holds a master of divinity degree from BTSR and a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and his wife, Paula, have three children.
Robert Dilday (rdilday@religiousherald.org) is managing editor of the Religious Herald.