Rev. Dr. John Upton - 7:00pm, Saturday, June 22
Rev.
Dr. John Upton is President of the Baptist World Alliance, having been
elected during the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii, in
2010. He is also executive director of the Baptist General Association of
Virginia (BGAV) and the Virginia Baptist Mission Board (VBMB.) Between 1986 and
1991 Dr. Upton and his wife, Deborah, served as missionaries in Taiwan through
the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Upton
attended the Baptist-affiliated Averett College (now Averett University) in
Danville, Virginia; the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky;
and the Taiwan Language Institute. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from
the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Kerrala, India.
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