JACKSON, Tenn. — Dec. 11, 2023 — Elijah Brown, general secretary of Baptist World Alliance, will deliver the commencement address as part of 黑料论坛鈥檚 graduation ceremonies Dec. 16 at West Jackson Baptist Church.
Founded in 1905, BWA is a fellowship of 253 conventions and unions in 130 countries and territories. As general secretary, Brown is BWA鈥檚 CEO and has overall responsibilities for the administration and operations of the organization.
He was named to the position in 2018 after serving BWA as regional secretary for North American and general secretary for the North American Baptist Fellowship. Brown previously worked as executive vice president of 21Wilberforce and as associate professor of religion at East Texas Baptist University.
Brown earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and his Doctor of Philosophy in divinity from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
The graduation ceremony for all undergraduate degrees (except for associate degrees, Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership degrees and Memphis College of Urban and Theological Studies degrees) will take place at 10 a.m. The ceremony for students receiving associate, BSOL, MCUTS and graduate degrees will begin at 1:30 p.m.
The commencement ceremonies will be streamed live at .