The Dakota Baptist Convention Executive Board has hired Fred MacDonald as executive director and treasurer to succeed Garvon Golden who retired.
Executive board chairman Dude Garrett announced the appointment Saturday (Feb. 8) in a press release.
“We have great respect for Fred and how God has used him in God’s kingdom work,” said Garrett, pastor of Temple Baptist Church in Fargo, N.D. “[MacDonald] is not a stranger to the Dakotas, having served in various roles in the Dakotas for over 10 years, and we look forward to his expertise in leading the convention.”
MacDonald has served in several denominational posts, most recently as director of associational missions for Pecos Valley Baptist Association in New Mexico, where he helped establish an international partnership with Hope Baptist Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. The partnership has seen dozens come to faith in Christ and 21 South African pastors and their wives trained in the biblical basics of pastoral ministry, the DBC said.
“Over the past 35 years [my wife] Denise and I have had the blessing of serving God in various churches, associations, and state conventions,” MacDonald said in the press release. “Many of these years have been spent in the Dakotas where we both grew up and went to school. We have a great love for the Dakotas and for Dakota Baptists.
“Serving with the churches of the DBC as executive director is an exciting thought,” MacDonald said. “We are honored to return and serve with the churches of the DBC to fulfill the Great Commission across the Dakotas and around the world.”
MacDonald is scheduled to begin May 1 in the post.
Source: Baptist Press
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