Darrell Wise has been named director of missions for the Concord Baptist Association, a fellowship of about 30 congregations in Brunswick, Charlotte, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg counties and in the city of South Hill.
Wise had been pastor of Oakland Baptist Church in Gum Spring since 1993. He also has served on the staff of Fairfax Circle Baptist Church in Fairfax and as a missionary to Kenya through the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board from 1983-1991.
He is a graduate of George Mason University, Wesley Theological Seminary and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He is married to Cheri Wise, who serves as the Virginia Baptist Mission Board's collegiate minister for Longwood College and the Southside region. The couple has a daughter.